WORKFORCE PROJECTIONS

	In 2007 there are 35 Surgeons who are members of the NZ Vascular Society.  Many of these perform General and Vascular Surgery.  There were 14 Surgeons who perform predominantly Vascular Surgery.  There is generally perceived to be a shortage of Vascular Surgeons.
	There is no recommended specialist surgeon to population ratio for vascular surgery but the actual ratio in 2001 was 1:348,273. 1

 ¹ The Health Workforce: A Training Programme Analysis, CTA, 2001, 101-104