Nursing
Prospects are particularly good for advanced practice om areas including:
cancer care
long-term condition management
endoscopy
aged care.
In recent years, not all nursing graduates have found employment immediately, but workforce planning indicates New Zealand will need to train more nurses by 2017, when retirement among the ageing workforce becomes a critical factor.
Midwifery
Opportunities are available particularly in rural areas.
Allied health
Prospects are good for professions including:
sonographer
dental hygienists
dental therapists
MRI technicians
medical physicists.
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Prospects are stable for professions including:
medical laboratory scientists
occupational therapists
pharmacists.
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Prospects may be limited for dietitians.
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Demand for carers and support workers will only continue to rise as the population ages and the trend for care to move out of hospitals and closer to people’s homes continues. For a list of non-regulated health professions, see Appendix 5.
Appendices Appendix 1: Numbers of medical specialists per 100,000 population
The following list is based on the number of annual practising certificates issued by the MCNZ as of mid-2014. These numbers indicate a head count, rather than numbers of FTEs.
A figure of 0 per 100,000 does not mean New Zealand lacks these specialists – rather, it indicates that numbers are too small to meaningfully record.
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Northland
|
Waitemata
|
Auckland
|
Counties Manukau
|
Waikato
|
Lakes
|
Bay of Plenty
|
Anaesthesia
|
12
|
7
|
43
|
1
|
15
|
16
|
11
|
Cardiothoracic surgery
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
Clinical genetics
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Dermatology
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
Diagnostic and interventional radiology
|
6
|
3
|
27
|
2
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
Emergency medicine
|
7
|
2
|
13
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
Family planning and reproductive health
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
General practice
|
71
|
43
|
125
|
37
|
62
|
67
|
67
|
General surgery
|
6
|
2
|
15
|
0
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
Intensive care medicine
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Internal medicine
|
9
|
8
|
60
|
3
|
19
|
15
|
12
|
Medical administration
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Musculoskeletal medicine
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Neurosurgery
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Obstetrics and gynaecology
|
5
|
3
|
18
|
2
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
Occupational medicine
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Ophthalmology
|
2
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Orthopaedic surgery
|
6
|
3
|
16
|
1
|
5
|
8
|
8
|
Otolaryngology/
head and neck surgery
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
Paediatric surgery
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Paediatrics
|
7
|
3
|
28
|
1
|
5
|
8
|
7
|
Pain medicine
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Palliative medicine
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Pathology
|
3
|
2
|
18
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
3
|
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
Psychiatry
|
9
|
6
|
29
|
4
|
11
|
4
|
7
|
Public health medicine
|
1
|
1
|
10
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
Radiation oncology
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
Rehabilitation medicine
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Rural hospital medicine
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
Sexual health medicine
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Sports medicine
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Urgent care
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
Urology
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
Vascular surgery
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Tairawhiti
|
Hawke’s Bay
|
Taranaki
|
MidCentral
|
Whanganui
|
Capital & Coast
|
Hutt
|
Anaesthesia
|
9
|
13
|
14
|
13
|
14
|
21
|
8
|
Cardiothoracic surgery
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Clinical genetics
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Dermatology
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Diagnostic and interventional radiology
|
2
|
8
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
10
|
4
|
Emergency medicine
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
Family planning and reproductive health
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
General practice
|
75
|
67
|
63
|
49
|
61
|
81
|
55
|
General surgery
|
13
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
8
|
6
|
3
|
Intensive care medicine
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
Internal medicine
|
6
|
13
|
9
|
21
|
10
|
29
|
14
|
Medical administration
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Musculoskeletal medicine
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
Neurosurgery
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
Obstetrics and gynaecology
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
Occupational medicine
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
Ophthalmology
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
Orthopaedic surgery
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
Otolaryngology/
Head and neck surgery
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
Paediatric surgery
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Paediatrics
|
11
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
5
|
Pain medicine
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Palliative medicine
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
Pathology
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
7
|
2
|
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
Psychiatry
|
2
|
6
|
10
|
6
|
10
|
18
|
12
|
Public health medicine
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
9
|
8
|
Radiation oncology
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
Rehabilitation medicine
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Rural hospital medicine
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
Sexual health medicine
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Sports medicine
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Urgent care
|
11
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
Urology
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
Vascular surgery
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Wairarapa
|
Nelson Marlborough
|
West Coast
|
Canterbury
|
South Canterbury
|
Southern
|
New Zealand
|
Anaesthesia
|
5
|
14
|
6
|
15
|
14
|
12
|
15
|
Cardiothoracic surgery
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Clinical genetics
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Dermatology
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Diagnostic and interventional radiology
|
2
|
8
|
0
|
10
|
2
|
6
|
9
|
Emergency medicine
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
Family planning and reproductive health
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
General practice
|
61
|
88
|
51
|
75
|
46
|
78
|
69
|
General surgery
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
5
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
Intensive care medicine
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Internal medicine
|
12
|
15
|
12
|
23
|
14
|
20
|
20
|
Medical administration
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Musculoskeletal medicine
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Neurosurgery
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Obstetrics and gynaecology
|
2
|
6
|
9
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
Occupational medicine
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
Ophthalmology
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Orthopaedic surgery
|
10
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
12
|
6
|
6
|
Otolaryngology/
Head and neck surgery
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
Paediatric surgery
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Paediatrics
|
2
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
Pain medicine
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
Palliative medicine
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Pathology
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Psychiatry
|
7
|
8
|
12
|
14
|
5
|
15
|
12
|
Public health medicine
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
4
|
Radiation oncology
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Rehabilitation medicine
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Rural hospital medicine
|
0
|
4
|
12
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
2
|
Sexual health medicine
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Sports medicine
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Urgent care
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
Urology
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Vascular surgery
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
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