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A review of how the training of the New Zealand health workforce is planned and funded: a proposal for a reconfiguration of the Clinical Training Agency

Ministerial Task Group on Postgraduate Training and Education


Date of publication (online): August 2009

Executive summary


New Zealand has significant problems in recruiting, training and retaining adequate numbers of appropriate health and disability services workers. This is most likely to worsen.

The planning and funding of the training of the New Zealand health and disability services workforce is iterative, ad hoc and poorly coordinated.

A single agency, which has a whole of health and disability services workforce and a whole of educational continuum responsibility, is needed if New Zealand is to have an affordable and fit-for-purpose health and disability services workforce.

It is recommended that the Clinical Training Agency be substantially reconfigured so that the Agency can plan and either fund or direct the funding of the training of the New Zealand health and disability services workforce.

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This report was prepared for the Minister of Health. The views of the author do not necessarily represent the views or policy of the New Zealand Ministry of Health. The Ministry makes no warranty, express or implied, nor assumes any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, use or reliance on the contents of this report.

Related information


  • Health and disability workforce reports - August 2009
  • Clinical Training Agency

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Date of publication: April 2009

Citation: Ministerial Task Group on Postgraduate Training and Education. 2009. A review of how the training of the New Zealand health workforce is planned and funded: a proposal for a reconfiguration of the Clinical Training Agency. Wellington: Ministry of Health.


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