Nau mai, haere mai!
Welcome to NZ Women in Medicine.
NZWIM began as an online peer support group in early 2018 and has since grown to over 5000 members, representing a broad cross section of women doctors across New Zealand at all career stages and in all specialties of medicine.
From this base, the NZWIM Charitable Trust was formed in early 2021, with the goals of:
Te Tiake Whaiaro - self-care: peer support, networking, and advice in order to support the health and well being of our workforce
Te Tōtika - equity: to advocate for equitable access to services and health outcomes, particularly in the areas of women’s and children’s health
Whakahāngai - to implement, update: to promote and develop strong leadership in medicine, to ensure the cultural safety of our diverse workforce, and to uphold the values of Te Tiriti ō Waitangi.
The NZ Women in Medicine 2024 Report is Out Now
The 2024 New Zealand Women in Medicine Workforce Survey has generated a ‘whole-of-system' view of workforce sustainability from doctors working across all areas of medicine in Aotearoa New Zealand.
New Zealand Women in Medicine (NZWIM) engaged research agency Cogo in August 2024 to carry out insights research to investigate the experiences of New Zealand doctors working in the current health system. A specific area of interest was to explore the impact of secondary care shortages on primary care and vice versa, and to better understand the working conditions of New Zealand doctors in the current health system.
A total of 1,382 complete responses were received, with 625 (45%) respondents working primarily in Community/Primary care and 675 (49%) in Hospital/Secondary care, with good demographic representation including by age, ethnicity, and geographical location.
New Zealand doctors are showing high rates of burnout and dissatisfaction with their day-to-day work. Doctors’ experiences of the health system and their suggestions for immediate improvement are consistent across Primary and Secondary Care.
The profession is united in calling for immediate actions to address staff shortages, calling also for truth-telling from health sector leaders and politicians about the current crisis, adequate funding of the health system, particularly in primary care, improved working conditions, and cross-party agreement on long-term health policy decisions.
For a summary of the report, click here, or download the full report below.
2024 NZWIM Conference
16 - 18 May 2024
The NZWIM Conference 2024 was a wonderful success. Held in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, attendees joined together to discuss the challenges and opportunities for healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The thread of hope and optimism was woven through many of the sessions, with key leaders in the community sharing their experiences.
Thank you to all of the speakers, panellists and delegates for their rich contributions. Ngā mihi nui.
Photography by Woolf.
We’d love you to join New Zealand Women in Medicine.
By joining NZ Women in Medicine you will be part of a large networked community of women/wāhine doctors at all ages and stages of medicine. We are currently the only pan professional medical organisation in New Zealand, dedicated to supporting our members, advocating for our profession and benefiting from each other’s wisdom and lived experience.
