West Coast District Health Board
Te Poari Hauora a Rohe o Tai Poutini
Corporate Office
Telephone 03 769-7400
High Street, Greymouth 7840
Fax 03 769-7791
15 June 2022
J Thomas-Maude
Email: [email address]; [FYI request #19530 email];
Dear J Thomas-Maude
RE Official Information Act request WCDHB 9707
I refer to your email dated 31 May 2022 requesting the following information under the Official Information Act
from West Coast DHB. Specifically:
1. The total number of PGY1 House Officer positions filled by the ACE matching system for each year
between 2014 and 2022, and a breakdown of these by country of training of the candidate (e.g. New
Zealand, Australia).
2. The total number of PGY1 House Officer positions filled in by NZREX graduates for each year between
2014 and 2022.
3. The total number of PGY1 House Officer positions filled in by candidates from a Comparable Health
System (e.g. U.K., Ireland, U.S.A., Canada etc.) for each year between 2014 and 2022.
4. The total number of PGY1 House Officer positions that were available and advertised outside of the
ACE matching system for each year between 2014 and 2022.
The West Coast DHB does not employ PGY1 House Officers.
I trust that this satisfies your interest in this matter.
Please note that this response, or an edited version of this response, may be published on the West Coast DHB
website after your receipt of this response.
Yours sincerely
Ralph La Salle
Senior Manager, OIAs
Canterbury DHB & West Coast DHB