The surge in doctors leaving

An interesting OIA response which details how many RMOs (junior hospital doctors) who left the NZ health system every year:

• 18/19: 55
• 19/20: 85
• 20/21: 76
• 21/22: 121
• 22/23: 266

This is part of the reason the health system is now under such strain – the huge exodus of doctors from 2021 to 2023. It may not be coincidence that this was the period of Labour’s mega-merger health reforms.