Health workforce development

Learn about health workforce initiatives

The Centre is dedicated to attracting and retaining internationally trained migrants and New Zealand trained ex-pats.

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.

Midwifery in New Zealand works in partnership with the woman and her whānau throughout pregnancy, childbirth and the first six weeks post-birth.

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.

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

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