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Overseas Doctors Drive Ubers Amid NZ Healthcare Crisis

5/20/2025

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In New Zealand, more than 100 overseas-trained doctors are forced to take on unrelated jobs, like driving Ubers, due to a complicated registration process. While Health NZ aims to streamline this, experts caution that the real challenge lies in chronic underfunding of general practice, hindering the integration of these skilled professionals into the healthcare system.

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Story summary

In New Zealand, more than 100 overseas-trained doctors are forced to take on unrelated jobs, like driving Ubers, due to a complicated registration process. While Health NZ aims to streamline this, experts caution that the real challenge lies in chronic underfunding of general practice, hindering the integration of these skilled professionals into the healthcare system.