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Lack of funds for new GP training places the crux of workforce shortage

Tim Malloy, RNZCGP

Tim Malloy

Tim Malloy with Jonathan Coleman college conference 2017
The call for more GP training places made at last year’s RNZCGP conference is yet to be heeded

RNZCGP president Tim Malloy was scheduled to give the following opening address to delegates at the Conference for General Practice last Friday

We also have to think about GP hours, not just the GP head count. These days less than half of our GPs work 0.9 or 1.0 FTE. This is a worldwide trend