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RNZCGP Review of the delivery of general practice vocational training August <strong>2013</strong>Much research has also been done over the years about recruitment to rural areas and how toimprove this. It has proven to be a difficult issue for rural areas globally and there is no easy answer.If trainees continue to stay where they train then a targeted approach to rural and high-needspractices should be factored into GPEP recruitment and training delivery. This support and leadershipshould come from the College with the support of other stakeholders including the Division of RuralHospital Medicine.REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF GP REGISTRARSResearch into the distribution of registrars and the capacity of current practices to take in registrars,has shown that often the areas in greatest need of GPs have the least ability to accommodate GPregistrars.GPEP1 training region<strong>2013</strong> GPregistrarsPotentialcapacity of GPregistrarsFTE GPsper 100,000population*% GPs over 55years of ageCanterbury 11 25 90 32%Otago/Southland 12 15 87 32%Nelson/Marlborough 8 8 86 33%Hawkes Bay 2 9 83 32%Wellington, Hutt, Wairarapa 15 25 83 31%Northland 4 8 82 35%Waikato 20 25 82 30%Auckland 39 42 78 31%Tairawhiti 3 5 77 44%MidCentral 6 10 61 46%West Coast 0 2 59 30%Taranaki 2 5 58 33%* This ratio is calculated based on the Medical Council information but combining the relevant districthealth boards within each of the 11 GPEP1 training regions. On average, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> has 75 GP FTEsper 100,000 people. http://www.mcnz.org.nz/assets/<strong>New</strong>s-and-Publications/Workforce-Surveys/2011.pdf30

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