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Rapid Response: due 10am Friday, 5 August: Medical Deans response to a proposed 3rd medical
programme at Waikato University 2016-07-29 (002)
Date:
Thursday, 4 August 2016 11:18:09 am
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Please find below the TEC’s response to your information request.
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-Is this relevant to current work in the portfolio, if so, how:
Yes. This is relevant to the Tertiary Education portfolio because medical provision is offered
through universities (currently the Universities of Otago and Auckland), and students
undertaking medical qualifications are mainly funded from the Vote Tertiary Education
appropriation via SAC 3+ and Medical Intern grants, with the Ministry of Health funding 200
additional first year medical undergraduate places over the last four years. Therefore, issue is
also relevant to the portfolio of the Minister of Health as the University of Waikato (Waikato)
proposal impacts workforce planning.
-Should the Minister consider this invitation (yes or no):
Yes.
-If yes, what priority (high, medium, low):
High.
-Would it be more appropriate/possible for this request to be referred to officials (yes or no; if
yes, why). If yes, please provide name, job title, phone number and email address (clear this
with the person in question prior to providing this advice back to the Minister's office):
No
-Comments (consider including relevant background information about the organisation; current
issues; any risks; if there are any timing issues if the request states a particular date):
It is noted that Medicine provision is deemed high cost SAC provision and therefore subject to a
cap on the nationwide undergraduate year 1 intake. The CAP for 2016 is 539 EFTS.
The Universities of Auckland and Otago have both previously indicated that it has been difficult
to secure clinical placements for final year students. This has in the past impacted on the
number of undergraduate medical placements on offer since completion of final-year clinical
placements is required to students to be registered for professional practice.
-Background information on organisation, what does it do, key people, funding, performance):
The University of Auckland:
Auckland is New Zealand’s largest university by EFTS and offers a comprehensive range of
programmes, with particular strengths in medicine, science, and engineering. Its educational
and research performance has been consistently strong and it is New Zealand’s highest ranked
university. In 2016, the university will receive $442 million in funding, of which $319 million is
SAC funding and $5.9 million is Medical Intern grants.
The University of Auckland’s School of Medicine is based at its Grafton Campus and has two
satellite clinical schools: the South Auckland Clinical School at Middlemore Hospital and the
Waikato Clinical School at Hamilton’s Waikato Hospital. In 2015 Auckland delivered $44.6 million
of SAC funded provision in its Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery qualification.
The University of Otago:
Otago is New Zealand's oldest university. It is a high-performing university with strong
educational and research performance and has traditionally been a leader in health sciences and
sciences, as well as providing strong postgraduate and undergraduate education in law,
humanities and social sciences. In 2016, the university will receive $301 million in funding, of
which $227 million is SAC funding and $7.4 million is Medical Intern grants.
Otago’s School of Medicine is based in its Dunedin campus with two satellite schools: the
Christchurch School of Medicine at Christchurch Hospital and the Wellington School of Medicine
at Wellington Hospital. In 2015 Otago delivered $52.5 million of SAC funded provision in its
Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery qualification.
The University of Waikato:
Waikato is the second smallest of the New Zealand Universities and has the highest level of
Māori participation in the sub-sector with 21.9% in 2014 against a sub-sector average of 10.3%.
Waikato has recently refocussed its areas of distinction to include civil and environmental
engineering, freshwater, health and sports science and is working to strengthen provision in
engineering, agri tech and elite sports courses . In 2016, the university will receive $88.5 million
in funding, of which $71.7 million is SAC funding.
The TEC has not received a copy of the University of Waikato’s business case for developing a
new Medical School.
-Make up of audience (Number invited/expected, Ministers/MPs invited etc)
Deans of the Medical Schools of the Universities of Auckland and Otago.
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Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2016 9:53 a.m.
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Subject: Rapid Response: due 10am Friday, 5 August: Medical Deans response to a proposed 3rd
medical programme at Waikato University 2016-07-29 (002)
Hi team,
Please treat this correspondence in confidence.
Standard advice on the attached/below please, comprising:
-Is this relevant to current work in the portfolio, if so, how:
-Should the Minister consider this invitation (yes or no):
-If yes, what priority (high, medium, low):
-Would it be more appropriate/possible for this request to be referred to officials (yes or no; if
yes, why)?:
-If yes, please provide name, job title, phone number and email address:
(clear this with the person in question prior to providing this advice back to the Minister's office)
-Comments (consider including relevant background information about the organisation; current
issues; any risks; if there are any timing issues if the request states a particular date):
-Background information on organisation, what does it do, key people, funding, performance):
-Make up of audience (Number invited/expected, Ministers/MPs invited etc)
Note:
-If information is drawn from an organisation's website, please state this clearly as the source of
the information
-Please do not make contact with the organisation in question to seek further information
-There is no need to repeat back in the advice any information contained in the originating
invitation
-Refer to section on Minister's Diary, in Guidelines for Working with the Office of Hon Steven
Joyce, for further guidance on providing advice
Many thanks,
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From: s9(2)(a)
Sent: Tuesday, 2 August 2016 1:44 p.m.
To: s9(2)(a)
Subject: Medical Deans response to a proposed 3rd medical programme at Waikato University
2016-07-29 (002)
Dear s9(2)(a)
Please see attached letter from Professors John Fraser and Peter Crampton, addressed
to Hon Steven Joyce and Jonathan Coleman regarding Medical Deans response to a
proposed 3rd medical programme at Waikato University
Kind regards,
s9(2)(a)
Executive Assistant to Professor John Fraser
Dean – Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Email s9(2)(a)
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