24 February 2017
Lait Dalal
E‐mail: fyi‐request‐5204‐[email address]
Dear Lait
Official Information Act Request 1982
I write in response to your Official Information Act Request dated 13 January 2017, partially
transferred from the Ministry of Health on 15 February 2017. You requested the following
information:
Could you please provide the exact figure of the last three years for the following:
1. Total Number of New Zealand medical graduates who were unable to find a PGY1 position
in 2016 intake.
This question was transferred to District Health Board Shared Services (DHBSS) by the Ministry
of Health, and we understand this question has now been answered by DHBSS.
2. Total number of designated PGY1 positions across all DHB's where, following a withdrawal
or decline by ACE matched candidates, PGY2 or higher candidates were appointed.
All positions offered through ACE to PGY1 House Officers were matched to the DHB as per the
ACE process. This included a number of second offers to ACE PGY 1 candidates to account for
declines. Please refer to the following table.
3. Out of these appointments :
a) Breakdown of appointments quarter wise.
No appointments were made of PGY 2 or higher candidates to fill PGY 1 positions during
this period.
b) How many were existing employee and required further PGY1 allocation to meet
MCNZ general registration requirements.
Nil.
c) How many of these appointees satisfied MCNZ registration requirements through
comparable health care system or competent authority.
Nil.
Counties Manukau District Health Board
19 Lambie Drive, Manukau, Auckland 2104 | Private Bag 94052, Manukau, Auckland 2241
T: 09 276 0000 | cmdhb.org.nz
Please note we have made the following assumptions:
We have included for the 3 year period (4 training years), PGY 1 appointments from
November 2013 to November 2016, corresponding with applications received through the
ACE process in the year identified i.e.; the 2016 ACE PGY1 positions relate to the PGY1 House
Officers that commence from November 2016.
New Start numbers reflect all House Officers that have been recruited into the DHB at House
Officer Year 1 with an employment reason of New Graduate.
PGY1 position numbers identified to ACE taken as the designated number of PGY1 positions
for the training year commencing in November of the identified year.
Where the number of new starts is more than the number of PGY1 positions submitted to
ACE, it is assumed that all designated PGY1 positions were filled through ACE.
Numbers for the period 2013 – 2016 is as follows:
Counties Manukau District Health Board
Nov 2013
Nov 2014
Nov 2015
Nov 2016
Start
Start
Start
Start
ACE 2013
ACE 2014
ACE 2015
New
ACE 2016
New
New
New
Positions &
Positions &
Positions &
Starts
Positions &
Starts
Starts
Starts
Matched
Matched
Matched
2015
Matched
42
44
44
50
47
47
54
54
I trust this satisfactorily answers your request.
Yours sincerely
Ron Pearson
Acting Chief Executive