www.rnzcgp.org.nz Open in urlscan Pro
103.241.85.185  Public Scan

Form analysis
0 forms found in the DOM

Text Content

The 2024 Workforce Survey is open for members until Sunday 24 November. (member
login required).

Skip to content or footer
 * Study with us ▾
   
   STUDY WITH US
   
   Study with us to specialise as a general practitioner or a rural hospital
   doctor.
   
    * Overview
    * Specialise as a general practitioner
    * Specialise in rural hospital medicine
    * Dual Fellowship
    * Overseas trained doctors
    * Become a teaching practice
    * Become a medical educator or teacher
    * Training regions
    * GPEP training fees
    * Rural hospital training fees

 * Membership ▾
   
   MEMBERSHIP
   
   Members of the College enjoy a range of benefits.
   
    * Overview
    * Membership benefits
    * Sign up or change your membership
    * Member wellbeing
    * Te Akoranga a Māui
    * Tautoko
    * Faculties and chapters
    * Awards
    * CPD for Fellows
    * Membership categories and fees
    * Resources

 * Running a practice ▾
   
   RUNNING A PRACTICE
   
   We support more than 1000 general practices across Aotearoa to provide safe,
   equitable, and high-quality health care.
   
    * Overview
    * The Foundation Standard
    * The Cornerstone Modules
    * Quality Programme fees
    * Find an assessor
    * Quality programmes resources
    * Foundation Standard resources
    * Quality Programme Assessors

 * Our voice ▾
   
   OUR VOICE
   
   When we speak as the College it’s on behalf of our 6,000 members.
   
    * Overview
    * Position statements
    * Submissions
    * Workforce survey
    * Represent your profession
    * Fund your research
    * Journal of Primary Health Care
    * Endorsement

 * News + Events
   
 * Dashboard

 * Membership
   
 * Study with us
   
 * Running a practice
   
 * News
   
 * Our voice
   

 * Terms and Conditions
 * Privacy statement
 * Login

 * 
   Membership
 * Membership benefits
 * Sign up or change your membership
 * Member wellbeing
 * Te Akoranga a Māui
   
 * Tautoko
 * Faculties and chapters
 * Awards
   
 * CPD for Fellows
 * Membership categories and fees
   
 * Resources

 * 
   Study with us
 * Specialise as a general practitioner
   
 * Specialise in rural hospital medicine
   
 * Dual Fellowship
 * Overseas trained doctors
 * Become a teaching practice
 * Become a medical educator or teacher
 * Training regions
   
 * GPEP training fees
 * Rural hospital training fees

 * 
   Running a practice
 * The Foundation Standard
   
 * The Cornerstone Modules
   
 * Quality Programme fees
 * Find an assessor
 * Quality programmes resources
 * Foundation Standard resources
 * Quality Programme Assessors
   

 * 
   News
 * Media releases
   
 * GP Voice
   
 * College and members
   
 * Equity
   
 * Clinical
   
 * Rural
   

 * 
   Our voice
 * Position statements
 * Submissions
 * Workforce survey
 * Represent your profession
 * Fund your research
 * Journal of Primary Health Care
 * Endorsement
   

 * 
   Te Akoranga a Māui
 * General Practice Conference

 * 
   Awards
 * 2023 award recipients
 * 2022 award recipients
 * 2021 award recipients
 * 2020 award recipients
 * 2019 award recipients
 * 2018 award recipients
 * 2017 award recipients
 * 2016 award recipients
 * 2015 award recipients
 * 2014 award recipients
 * 2013 award recipients
 * 2012 award recipients
 * 2024 award recipients

 * 
   Membership categories and fees
 * Ways to pay

 * 
   Specialise as a general practitioner
 * Why general practice?
 * Hear from GPs
 * General Practice Education Training Programme
 * GPEP programme structure
 * GPEP fees
 * Teaching and support
 * Policies and regulations
 * Apply to study general practice

 * 
   Specialise in rural hospital medicine
 * Why rural hospital medicine?
 * The Rural Hospital Medicine Training Programme (RHMTP)
 * Rural hospital programme structure
 * Rural hospital fees
 * Support for rural registrars
 * Apply to study rural hospital medicine
 * Policies and regulations
 * Approved training sites

 * 
   Training regions
 * Marlborough
 * Northland
 * Gisborne
 * Southland
 * West Coast
 * Taranaki
 * Bay of Plenty
 * Manawatū

 * 
   The Foundation Standard
 * Tūroro | Patients
 * Manaaki haumanu | Clinical care
 * Whakahau rongoā | Medicines management
 * Taputapu | Medical equipment and resources
 * Whare haumanu | The practice
 * Foundation Standard fees
 * Foundation Standard changes

 * 
   The Cornerstone Modules
 * Continuous Quality Improvement
 * Te Mana Taurite | Equity Module

 * 
   Quality Programme Assessors
 * Assessor eligibility and requirements

 * 
   Media releases
 * Top GPs confirm New Zealanders’ healthcare needs will always be paramount
 * Māori and Pasifika hardest hit by Delta; what will we do differently with
   Omicron?
 * Vaccination targets important to increase equitable outcomes
 * Lack of primary care representation on Health NZ Board not acceptable, says
   GP College
 * College calls for priority vaccines for Māori and Pasifika to prevent health
   system overwhelm
 * GPs serving their communities and supporting Pasifika families affected by
   Delta
 * New research shows how remote GP consults are addressing worldwide health
   inequities
 * GPs find themselves ‘health adjacent’ in today’s Budget announcements
 * GPs optimistic about realistic plan for New Zealand’s health future
 * Immigration changes just what the doctor ordered
 * College of GPs calls PHARMAC’s diabetes decision today a ‘win for equity’
 * New research shows GPs continued to deliver high level of care during
   lockdown
 * College of GPs welcomes commitment to tackle rheumatic fever
 * Extra funding a huge win for stretched GP workforce
 * Māori tamariki continue to suffer most from health inequities, new research
   shows
 * Funding available for research that benefits general practice
 * Immunising children against measles is an urgent priority say GPs
 * Applications opening soon for 2024 general practice and rural hospital
   medicine training
 * New Medical Director appointed
 * Specialist GPs are worth the investment
 * Funding available for research that benefits general practice
 * College welcomes ACT's call for more GP investment
 * Budget 2023: More specific support needed for GPs
 * Enter the Greg Judkins Poetry Competition
 * Joint media release: General practice organisations reject Government funding
   increase
 * More med students a small but important step in addressing workforce
   shortages
 * Dr Jeff Lowe awarded Distinguished Fellowship at GP23
 * Ōpōtiki GP awarded top College honour at GP23
 * Dr Justine Lancaster awarded Distinguished Fellowship
 * Dr Lily Fraser recognised with top College honour at GP23
 * GP and IMAC founder awarded Distinguished Fellowship at GP23
 * Teacher and mentor to Māori and Pasifika GPs recognised with College award
 * Community Service Medal recipients showcase why GPs are the heart of
   healthcare
 * Waikato GPs mahi to improve health inequity recognised with College award
 * Wellington GPs contribution to sustainable workforce recognised at GP23
 * Promoting general practice and rural health to next generation recognised
   with College award
 * Funding available for research that benefits general practice
 * It’s Cervical Screening Awareness Month. Are you up to date?
 * College of GPs welcome commitment to grow Aotearoa’s health workforce
 * Pay gap crippling essential community healthcare
 * October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
 * Record numbers to start specialist GP training in 2024
 * Tobacco and vaping law changes show shocking lack of commitment to health of
   New Zealanders
 * General practice investment is critical when one million Kiwis can’t access
   our services
 * Funding round opens for research benefitting general practice
 * Applications open for 2025 general practice and rural hospital medicine
   training
 * GPs working for free to complete crucial patient follow-up – study shows
 * College of GPs Division of Rural Hospital Medicine celebrates 10 new Fellows
 * Recognition of general practice’s crucial role in childhood immunisations
   welcomed
 * Second funding round opens for research benefitting general practice
 * College Chief Executive appointed
 * Sunday 19 May is World Family Doctor Day
 * Budget 2024: Boost for primary care welcomed, but more details needed on how
   funding will be allocated
 * General Practice Leaders’ Forum disappointed that small capitation offer will
   increase patient costs
 * Honorary Fellowship awarded for commitment to GP workforce through education
   and research
 * College of GPs award showcases the value of our workforce in every NZ
   community
 * President’s Service Medal awarded for dedication to general practice and
   rural health workforce
 * College’s top honour awarded to seven dedicated and inspiring members
 * Funding round opens for research benefitting general practice
 * Closing GP after hours clinics only widen health inequities faced by rural
   New Zealanders
 * October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

 * 
   GP Voice
 * August 2023
 * September 2023
 * October 2023
 * November 2023
 * January 2024
 * February 2024
 * March 2024
 * May 2024
 * June 2024
 * July 2024
 * August 2024
 * September 2024
 * October 2024
 * November 2024

 * 
   College and members
 * Steering the waka towards more equitable outcomes
 * Faculty Focus – Nelson/Marlborough
 * Faculty Focus – Northland
 * Faculty Focus — Wellington
 * GP21 a vibrant, thoughtful, successful conference
 * Waikato Faculty focus
 * Three College Fellows receive 2021 New Year Honours
 * Dr Jason Tuhoe: advocate for te reo revitalisation
 * Dr Nina Bevin is the College’s new Board Apprentice
 * Equity and positive change priority for new Censor-in-Chief
 * Faculty Focus – Hawkes Bay
 * Dr Rachel Mackie is our new Board Apprentice
 * Board Apprentice role gives governance insight
 * A baby, a medical degree, and now a seat on the Board
 * Dr Stephan Lombard appointed as National Advisory Council Chair
 * Dr Geraldine Wilson; the College’s new Board Apprentice
 * GP Future Workforce Requirements Report highlights
 * Member benefits for your learning
 * New JPHC co-editors announced
 * New Board member: Dr Karl Cole
 * Showcasing member highlights through the Annual Report
 * What’s stopping you from applying for research funding through the College?
 * Eruera Medical Centre the first practice to achieve new Foundation programme
 * Coming up for air in a "new normal"
 * Dr Chris Boberg talks about melanoma care
 * Leadership in the field - meet Dr Emily Cavana
 * Leadership in the field - meet Dr Meg Wilson
 * Support and understanding, for all colours of the rainbow
 * ‘Everyone has a role in ensuring equitable health outcomes for Māori’
 * New direction for Northland GP Dr Aniva Lawrence
 * Professor Sue Crengle - GP and a public health physician
 * Rural hospital doctor's ‘’Behind the Mask” documentary affirms value of
   national COVID-19 response
 * The GP who epitomised community care Dr Neil Algar QSO (1927 – 2021)
 * General practice training the icing on the cake
 * College members receive Queen's Birthday Honours
 * Dr Bev Lawton – a driving force for women’s health
 * Expat GP says Northland offers amazing opportunities for junior doctors
 * Fighting COVID-19 with a vaccination plan for an entire country
 * Lifelong commitment to teaching leads to Queen’s Birthday Honour for College
   President
 * Small, but mighty!
 * The doctor who led the development of general practice as a specialty
 * The unexpected patient: Dr Himali McInnes writes a book
 * TikTok GP star inspires a new generation
 * Two College Fellows receive 2022 New Year Honours
 * Two deserving GPs awarded WONCA Fellowship
 * What he learnt at home; he took to the Olympics
 * Winning hearts and minds key to climate change response
 * A legacy forged by the gift of a piglet
 * Dr Suhasini Pothina: Spiderman’s doctor
 * GPs are on the frontline of climate change
 * Meet Dr Chris Boberg
 * Patients provide poetic inspiration
 * Spirit of adventure leads to Distinguished Fellowship
 * The changing face of general practice
 * Visionary doctor awarded top College honour
 * A moment in TIME is helping to change the future
 * Changing lives, one plate at a time
 * Gisborne GP has a passion for the holistic approach
 * GP calls for cancer safety-netting
 * Meet Dr Kolitha de Silva
 * Meet the GPEP family
 * The challenges of GP work in Samoa
 * Revised telehealth position statement
 * What do our graduate doctors actually earn - and is it enough to keep them
   practising here?
 * Telehealth around the motu | Dunedin
 * Telehealth around the motu | Gore
 * Dr Bryan Betty to take up new role with GPNZ
 * Northland Faculty registrar seminar day
 * Auckland GPs and friends raise money for Anxiety New Zealand
 * Cook Islands Fellowship in General Practice awarded
 * The 2023 College Award nominations are open
 * GP23 conference early-bird registrations open
 * 2023 College Board election
 * New Board member: Dr Caroline Christie
 * Board Apprentice role is an opportunity to shape future of healthcare system
 * Keynote speakers for GP23: The Conference for General Practice
 * The Really Great Russell Conference
 * There's 100 things to do
 * Northland Faculty Te Pūtahi art event
 * The extraordinary lives of practice managers and how to celebrate them
 * ‘I can see clearly now’
 * Family of doctors; Father and son Tim and Richard Medlicott
 * The GP23 countdown is on
 * It's almost time for GP23
 * Results of the 2023 Greg Judkins Poetry Competition
 * GP23: Continuity of care – precious resource or obstacle?
 * ‘Your work counts’: How GPs can better demonstrate the importance of their
   role
 * Smoking and vaping position statement released
 * Summer Memoir creative writing contest
 * Summer Memoir contest results
 * Summer Memoir contest winner: Dr Lindsay Quennell
 * Summer Memoir contest winner: Dr Lucy O’Hagan
 * Clarification from the College: Comments made by the New Zealand Resident
   Doctors Association
 * 2024 Greg Judkins Prize for Reflective Poetry
 * GP24: Peter Anyon address - Dr Zarah Allport
 * GP24: Fellowship and Awards ceremony oration

 * 
   Equity
 * Telehealth – offering equity via distance
 * Can screening save lives?
 * Shaped by communism, cancer and controversy
 * Steering the waka towards more equitable outcomes Andrew Little’s Opening
   Address to GP22: the Conference for General Practice
 * Another layer of burnout for Māori and Pasifika GPs
 * Understanding inequity for rural Māori
 * Proactive immunisation for Māori tamariki will save lives
 * Achieving Equity – working towards better outcomes for Māori patients
 * Serious changes needed to achieve transformative change for Pasifika peoples
 * Prioritising Māori and Pasifika for vaccination will save lives
 * Healing under the radar
 * Tradie, rugby player, father, doctor: How brick laying set the foundation for
   a career in medicine
 * Our vulnerable patients need us to keep doing this important work
 * Cum Scientia Caritas; with knowledge, compassion
 * The art of racism and how it’s effecting Māori health
 * The Meihana Model
 * This morning we began a ritual of encounter
 * Very, very good; not perfect
 * What building a school can teach us about health equity
 * A journey in Māori health: “we saved ourselves from extinction”
 * A vision of Māori equity for 2040

 * 
   Clinical
 * A case of syphilis, computer errors, and missed swabs
 * PSA testing and a missed diagnosis
 * The health benefits of returning to work
 * Using an HPV test for primary cervical screening from July 2023
 * Using the Accelerated Silicosis Assessment Pathway
 * HDC decision
 * An allergic reaction to flucloxacillin
 * A delayed multiple sclerosis diagnosis
 * Not guilty by reason of insanity
 * Prevention of chronic migraine in New Zealand
 * Bowel cancer – symptoms, referrals, and early detection
 * Reworking how we think about meningococcal vaccines
 * Type 2 Diabetes: The Hidden Epidemic
 * We owe it to our kids to address poor housing
 * Whanganui practice’s decade-long approach to addressing burnout
 * Two lessons and an argument for data from recent HDC complaint
 * The role of radiation therapy in prostate cancer
 * Is Dry July preceded by monsoon June?
 * Inclusivity for transgender people/irawhiti/fa’afāfine/fa’atama
 * Gender diversity in general practice
 * Ending the doctor patient relationship; easier said than done?
 * Empowering rainbow whānau, one baby at a time
 * Delayed bowel cancer diagnosis for woman who later died
 * Clinical governance one size does not fit all!
 * Burnout tips for the professionally flammable
 * Palliative care in New Zealand is critically ill
 * ACC on concussion and other conundrums
 * Soul healing
 * Why happy, healthy doctors are better for patients
 * John Campbell on the art of unravelling stories without unravelling yourself
 * Breaking down barriers to PrEP access in Aotearoa New Zealand
 * The risks of NSAIDs
 * New study shows GPs are increasingly crucial to cancer care in New Zealand
 * Repeat prescribing - we can do better
 * Overcoming the challenges of endocrine therapy for breast cancer
 * LIUS funding big win for New Zealand women, says College
 * Youth vaping reduction campaign
 * HDC case – cognitive bias
 * Abysmal childhood immunisation rates a recipe for disaster
 * ‘Tracking my own PSA levels saved my life’
 * The Ministry of Justice is improving the way deaths are reported to the
   coroner
 * Advice for GPs sharing children's information with parents
 * Men's Health Week
 * HDC case - sepsis
 * When experts disagree
 * Updated skin cancer treatment procedure for veterans
 * HDC case - delay in diagnosis of diabetes
 * Many ways to give this Daffodil Day
 * HDC case - adenoid tumour
 * HDC case - lump in neck
 * HDC case - oesophageal cancer
 * Review of HDC cases
 * HDC: A missed pulmonary embolus
 * HDC: Botox consent

 * 
   Rural
 * Dr Branko Sijnja named as 2022 recipient of Peter Snow Memorial Award
 * The specialist’s specialist: Dr Jared Green new DHRM clinical lead
 * Celebrating rural resilience
 * Doctor by nature: Dr Jeremy Webber
 * Introducing Dr Jennifer James – Chair of the Board of Studies
 * Andrew Morgan: new Chair of the DRHM
 * Award-winner recognised for breaking down barriers
 * The happy tramper
 * Conference for junior doctors aims to build on bonds of shared experience
 * From the big city to the West Coast
 * Advocating for services out in the sticks
 * Rural GP hooked: 'Why would you want to live anywhere else?'
 * A life dedicated to rural medicine
 * From urban sprawl to urban bliss
 * Meet Dr Sophie Parnham
 * Meet Matilda Hamilton: Rural Hospital Doctor, teacher and mum of two
 * Rural hospital medicine an “adventure” for Dr Marc Gutenstein
 * Rural hospital medicine makes for an interesting life
 * Two doctors with an eye for innovation: the RiSC initiative to improve rural
   health care
 * Rural Medicine advocate: Meet Dr Tom Dawson
 * Hāwera's Dr Hannah Lawn finds happiness in the country
 * Meet Dr Emma Davey, Rural hospital doctor
 * Rural hospital doctor and high achiever
 * Rural hospital doctor puts down roots in Taranaki
 * Dr David Short – GP and rural hospital doctor
 * Meet Dr Marcus Walker, GP and rural hospital doctor

 * 
   Endorsement
 * Apply for endorsement
 * Apply to endorse your resuscitation course(s)



NAU MAI, HAERE MAI

NEW ZEALAND’S SPECIALIST GPS AND RURAL HOSPITAL DOCTORS TRAIN WITH US. WE SET
THE STANDARDS FOR SAFE, EQUITABLE PRACTICES, AND WE’RE THE PROUD VOICE OF OUR
6,000 MEMBERS.

We welcome overseas-trained doctors Log your CPD

2024 Workforce Survey

The 2024 Workforce Survey is open for members until 24 November. The data
provides useful insights, demographics and comparisons used for policy and
advocacy work.

Complete the survey

Study with us

Take the next step in your career and specialise as a general practitioner or a
rural hospital doctor. We also welcome overseas-trained doctors who have a range
of options to be a New Zealand GP.

Read about our training programmes

Member benefits

College members have access to a range of benefits including EAP counselling,
learning development including online CPD resources , and discounts for services
and retailers.

Find out more


RECENT NEWS

Insights, GP profiles, medical opinion and more.


OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

Sept. 30, 2024

 * CLOSING GP AFTER HOURS CLINICS ONLY WIDEN HEALTH INEQUITIES FACED BY RURAL
   NEW ZEALANDERS
   
   Aug. 29, 2024

 * FUNDING ROUND OPENS FOR RESEARCH BENEFITTING GENERAL PRACTICE
   
   Aug. 12, 2024

 * COLLEGE’S TOP HONOUR AWARDED TO SEVEN DEDICATED AND INSPIRING MEMBERS
   
   July 28, 2024

 * PRESIDENT’S SERVICE MEDAL AWARDED FOR DEDICATION TO GENERAL PRACTICE AND
   RURAL HEALTH WORKFORCE
   
   July 28, 2024

LATEST JOBS

Find or list a GP or rural hospital doctor position. We also list practices for
sale.

Find or list a job

FOUNDATION STANDARD

Foundation Standard is compulsory for general practices in Aotearoa.

The Foundation Standard

WHAT WE DO

The College is the post-graduate training and membership organisation.

Who we are

FUND YOUR RESEARCH

We fund research that benefits general practice and rural medicine.

Fund your research

ADVOCACY

When we speak as the College it’s on behalf of our 6,000 members.

Advocacy
︎
 * Find or list a job
 * Advertise with us
 * Membership
 * Resources
 * Events calendar
 * Conference
 * Who we are
 * Contact us

 * 
 * 
 * 

PO Box 10440, Wellington 6140

© 2024 The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners  |  Terms and
Conditions  |  Privacy statement