WORKFORCE PROJECTIONS

 

	There were 218 pathologists active in New Zealand in 2001, of whom 29% were female. There are currently 51 trainees in pathology in New Zealand, of whom 59% are female.
	Specialists include: 44% anatomical pathologists, 7% chemical pathologists, 8% general pathologists, 22% haematologists, 11% microbiologists and 8% other. 1
	Numbers were stable between 1994-2000, but there was a significant increase in workload over that period.
	There is no agreed specialist to population ratio but it is thought that this field is seriously undersupplied, particularly in the subspecialties of anatomical pathology and cytopathology. 2

  ^{1 Workforce Analysis: Pathologists in New Zealand 2001, RCPA, 2001, 62
2 The Health Workforce: A Training Programme Analysis, CTA, 2001, 53–55}