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While increased Maori representation in the podatry workforce is called for to, presumably, improve appropriate service access and health outcomes.
The ongoing changes within the GP workforce cause one to wonder what the implications are, on access and health outcomes, for other ethnic groups of NZ's population.
"About 41 per cent of doctors at New Zealand hospitals are trained overseas - the highest ratio in the OECD - up from 35 per cent in 2000. "
"overseas-trained doctors (OTDs) made up 34% of the total medical workforce in 2001, up from 29% in 1990":