Resident Medical Officer (RMO) negotiations

 

 

DHBs are negotiating with the Resident Doctors Association on a new Multi Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) for Resident Medical Officers (RMOS).

Over the past two years, a significant amount of work has gone into examining issues in the medical ­profession, focusing on RMOs.

The independent RMO Commission produced a report – Treating People Well – that pointed to issues in the way the RMO workforce was ­managed. The Medical Training Board also ­produced a report for government that coincided with a review of the Clinical Training Agency. 

These reviews and reports all draw the conclusion that the ‘status quo is not an option’ for the medical workforce. The health sector needs to change rapidly and the status quo is not an option for any workforce, including RMOs.

In the current negotiations, DHBs want to: 

• improve services to the public
• build relationships between resident and senior doctors
• improve the training experience for RMOs.
  

Further information on the negotiations and the RMO workforce are available in a range of information sheets:

The DHB approach to RMO bargaining

Background information

RMO Training

Flexibility & RMO rostering

RMO Remuneration

Information for SMOs on RMO Negotiations 2010 – an Overview

Information for SMOs on RMO Negotiations 2010 – the DHBs’ offer

Other documents

The Resident Doctors' Association counter-claim, as presented on 6 July 2010 (pdf, 808Kb)

The DHBs' offer, as presented on 11 August 2010 (pdf, 300Kb)

The DHBs' offer, as presented on 15 November (including interest-based bargaining) (pdf, 89Kb)

Other links

Health Workforce New Zealand has a programme of work on the medical workforce planned and under way. Further details are available on its website: http://www.healthworkforce.govt.nz/working-in-health/medical-workforce