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Shane Reti: Health Minister on the opening of a third medical school at Waikato University

Published: Feb. 13, 2024, 7:16 p.m.

The Health Minister says they're adding places to existing medical schools as well as building a third. \xa0

The Health Ministry's signing a memorandum of understanding with Waikato University for a third medical school. \xa0

It was one of the Government's points in its 100 Day Plan. \xa0

Minister Shane Reti told Mike Hosking that there's always been a struggle between boosting existing supply versus what a third medical school could do. \xa0

He says if the same ratios as Australia were used, they'd be talking about a fifth medical school today, not a third. \xa0

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