Data and statistics

2016 General practice workforce survey - work & wellbeing report

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This is one of four reports from The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners’ (the College’s) 2016 Workforce Survey. This report looks at the hours members work (approximately half work part-time) and analyses how their time is spent.

2016 General practice workforce survey - technology report

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This is the third of four reports from The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners’ (the College’s) 2016 workforce survey. It investigates what technology our members are using most often, and what risks or benefits they found in doing so.

2016 General practice workforce survey - demographics, training, and retirement report

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This is the fourth of four reports from The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners’ (the College’s) 2016 workforce survey. It provides information on some key issues which will become increasingly important in the coming years and decades.

2014 General practice workforce survey report

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The 2014 workforce survey provides the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (the College), Government and other sector stakeholders with a strong knowledge base.

2015 General practice workforce survey report

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The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners’ 2015 workforce survey provides comprehensive information including GPs’ retirement intentions, rurality, income, employment status and provides the College, its members, government and other sector stakeholders with a strong knowledge base.

2018 general practice workforce survey report - 1

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Part one of the College's 2018 general practice workforce survey report

2018 General practice workforce survey report - 2

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Part two of the College's 2018 general practice workforce survey report

2018 General practice workforce survey - 3

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Part three of the College's 2018 general practice workforce survey report.

2017 General practice workforce survey - 2

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Part two of the College's 2017 general practice workforce survey report.

2016 General practice workforce survey - ownership & employment report

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This is the second of four reports from The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners’ (the College’s) 2016 workforce survey. It shows that despite predictions about the growing popularity of employment versus ownership, and about the growth of commercial ownership of general practices, the GP-owner model is still dominant.

More about burnout

To try and find out more about the causes of burnout and how it might be addressed, the College decided to facilitate an online ‘discussion’ with its members using Polis, a digital tool designed to gather open-ended feedback from large groups.

2022 Workforce Survey

This biennial survey is carried out to gain demographics of the current workforce, as well as important insights into how specialist GPs and rural hospital doctors from right across the motu feel about their work, their place in the sector, and their own health and wellbeing.