16 Jun 2023

Government to fund 50 more homegrown doctors a year

From Midday Report, 12:43 pm on 16 June 2023

Fifty extra aspiring doctors a year will be able to enrol at medical schools in New Zealand, thanks to extra funding from the government.

From next year, the number of first-year medical school enrolments increase to 589 places annually, allocated across the University of Auckland and University of Otago.

The medical faculty deputy dean at the University of Auckland, Warwick Bagg, spoke to Gyles Beckford.