Are there many British and North American doctors working in Australia and New Zealand?
A7. A census of the medical workforce in Australia in 1998 counted over 4000 British-trained doctors working in Australia. That was over 8% of their entire medical workforce. In New Zealand, over 15% of the medical workforce is UK-trained. Australia and New Zealand have close to a 1000 North American doctors working there at any one time. In addition, South African and Irish doctors make up a sizeable proportion of the medical workforce.