Doctor- patient ratio down
Wellington reporter The number of registered practising doctors has continued to rise faster than the population during the last 10 years. , This is one of the latest figures on the medical workforce released by the National Health Statistics Centre. In 1976, there had been one for every 772 people; by 1986 there was one for every 575 people. The number of junior doctors, general practitioners are trainees in
most specialities has grown. There are now 2141 working general practitioners, or one for every 1545 people, compared with 1576 in 1976, or one for every 1986 people. The proportion of New Zealnd graduates grew from 65 per cent in 1976 to 71 per cent in 1986. Among the qualified specialists, the number of anaesthetists, psychiatrists and pediatricians rose sharply, but specialists in community medicine and pathology did not.
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Press, 23 July 1987, Page 41
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