Health workforce development

Learn about health workforce initiatives

Workforce development information and initiatives for doctors.

Information on the Maternity Clinical Guidelines, the Primary Maternity Services Notice and other maternity-related publications.

Find workforce development opportunities and what we’re doing to strengthen and support the mental health and addiction workforce.

Find out how we are strengthening and supporting the New Zealand midwifery workforce.

Nurses are vital to our health system. Find out how to become a nurse, and what we’re doing to strengthen and support the nurse workforce.

Two initiatives are targeted at qualified overseas doctors, making it easy for them to apply for roles, get registered and relocate to New Zealand.

Information about our Pacific Health Workforce Strategy, and funds and scholarships you can apply for.

Learning is a lifelong journey. Find out about the grants and training available to public health professionals working in the sector.

Statements of Need (SON) allow NZ medical practitioners to obtain a J-1 visa to train in the United States.

Information for health students

We've appointed taskforces to make rapid progress on three urgent health system pressures while leadership functions are being set up.

Workforce development, education and training opportunities in the districts and regions.

The Quota Refugee Health Model was introduced as a response to the increase in the number of quota refugees accepted into Aotearoa New Zealand from 1 July 2020. This e-learning module provides guidelines around the quota refugees’ entire health journey, before they arrive in New Zealand to resettlement in a local community.