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25 November 2016
Pariket Dhabuwala
Email: [FYI request #4824 email];
Dear Pariket
Re: Official Information Act Request CDHB 9499 and WCDHB 8850
We refer to your email dated 22 October 2016 and subsequently transferred to us from the Ministry of
Health on 2 November 2016 requesting the following information under the Official Information Act.
Could you please provide the exact figure of the last five years for the following:
1. Total number of PGY1 House Officer Positions filled in across DHB in New Zealand outside of ACE
matching system by UK/Canada/Ireland graduates?
2. Total number of PGY1 House Officer Positions filled in across DHB in New Zealand outside of ACE
matching system by NZREX graduates?
West Coast DHB:
The West Coast DHB does not employ PGY1 House Officers.
Canterbury DHB:
It is difficult to accurately report the numbers prior to November 2013 at this level of detail as the RMO
Unit at the time did not have the systems to allow this. As a result, we have included the number of all
House Officers who came from UK, Canada and Ireland. These House Officers were not PGY1. They were
PGY2 or above who occupied positions that are usually occupied by PGY1s. As a result, we might be
over-reporting the numbers.
We have also added a column for the graduate Talent Pool. New graduates who are not matched via
ACE are placed in the Talent Pool. DHBs are encouraged to recruit from this to cover PGY1 vacancies.
Please refer to
Table one (below) for our response to your questions for Canterbury DHB.
Table one:
Total number of
Total number of
Total number of PGY1
PGY1 House Officer
PGY1 House Officer House Officer
positions filled in
Positions filled in
Positions filled in
CDHB outside of ACE
CDHB outside of
CDHB outside of ACE
Training Years
matching system by
ACE matching
matching system by
UK/Canada/Ireland
system by NZREX
the Talent Pool
graduates
graduates
(graduates who were
not matched by ACE
During the year 11
PGY2+ House Officers
November 2011 – November
from the above
7
n/a
2012
countries occupied
PGY1 accredited
positions.
During the year 10
PGY2+ House Officers
November 2012 – November
from the above
3
n/a
2013
countries occupied
PGY1 accredited
positions
November 2013 – November
0
3
0
2014
November 2014 – November
0
1
1
2015
November 2015 – November
0
2
0
2016
November 2016 – November
0
0
3
2017
Note: We have used
November to November as this period covers the House Officer Training Year.
I trust that this satisfies your interest in this matter.
Yours sincerely
Carolyn Gullery
General Manager,
Planning, Funding & Decision Support