16 March 2006
DHBs successful at London job expo
District Health Boards have already recruited 86 new clinical staffers for New Zealand's public hospitals as a result of
their participation in a London job expo last year, Health Minister Pete Hodgson said.
"DHBs sent their own employees to London to recruit staff and were very successful," Pete Hodgson said. "DHBs have
already recruited some 86 new clinical staff as a result of their work at the expo and have made hundreds of contacts.
"What's more is that they did this without paying high-priced consultants to do the job for them. I'm a bit confused
about what has Tony Ryall so worried – 86 doctors and nurses moving to New Zealand would probably be considered a good
story by most standards.
"Around a third of New Zealand's medical staff has been comprised of overseas trained staff for over 25 years now. That
means that work to recruit staff from overseas is pretty much business as usual for DHBs."
ENDS