Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Mohammed A M
[FYI request #11955 email]
Re: Official Information Act Request - Number of PGY1 House Officer positions advertised and medical doctors
hired
Kia ora Mohammed
Thank you for your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982.
You asked:
Could Hauora Tairāwhiti please provide the following:
1. The total number of PGY1 House Officers positions advertised solely for NZREX graduates (2014 - 2020).
2. The total number of all hired medical doctors (2014 - 2020).
Please break down the data by year.
Hauora Tairāwhiti’s response is as follows:
1. Hauora Tairāwhiti advertises all PGY1 positions through ACE (Advanced Choice of Employment), a
nationally agreed system of recruitment for NZ Medical School graduates.
Year
Number of positions advertised
2013 - 2014
0
2014 - 2015
0
2015 - 2016
0
2016 - 2017
0
2017 - 2018
0
2018 - 2019
0
2019 - 2020
0
2.
Year
Total number hired
2013 - 2014
14 - including 9 PGY1 House Officers, 2 PGY2 House Officers (New
Zealand graduates), and 3 international Medical Graduates –
(Senior Medical Officers hired on fixed term contracts).
2014 - 2015
12 – including 9 PGY1 House Officers, and 3 international Medical
Graduates (Senior Medical Officers hired on fixed term contracts).
2015 - 2016
16 – including 9 PGY1 House Officers, 2 PGY2 House Officers (New
Zealand graduates), and 5 international Medical Graduates –
(Senior Medical Officers hired on fixed term contracts).
2016 - 2017
12 – including 10 PGY1 House Officers, 1 Senior House Officer
(New Zealand graduate) and 1 international Medical Graduate
(Senior Medical Officer hired on a fixed term contract).
2017 - 2018
11 – including 10 PGY1 House Officers and 1 international Medical
Graduate – (Senior Medical Officer hired on a fixed term contract).
2018 - 2019
11 – including 10 PGY1 House Officers and 1 international Medical
Graduate – (Senior Medical Officer hired on a fixed term contract).
2019 - 2020
11 – including 10 PGY1 House Officers and 1 PGY2 House Officer
(New Zealand Graduate).
If you are not satisfied with this response you may contact the Office of the Ombudsmen, phone 0800 802
602.
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feel that there are good reasons why your response should not be made publicly available, we will be happy
to consider this.
Ngā mihi
Jim Green
Chief Executive