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Key results 2012-2013
Assuring competence
to practise
REGISTRATIONS AND ANNUAL
PRACTISING CERTIFICATES
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1,789 New Zealand-educated nurses were
registered to practise - 1,639 registered nurses
and 150 enrolled nurses.
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1,278 internationally qualifed nurses were
registered to practise in New Zealand.
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14 nurse practitioners were registered, bringing
the number registered to 117.
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50,791 practising certifcates were issued during
the year.
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50,060 nurses were in practice at 31 March 2013.
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The nursing workforce increased by 754 on the
previous year.
THE CONTINUING
COMPETENCE FRAMEWORK
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12,915 nurses (25.79%) were involved in
professional development and recognition
programmes.
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941 nurses completed recertifcation audits for
continuing competence. 78% of nurses who had
completed audits by the end of the fnancial year
met requirements immediately.
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Two new professional development and
recognition programmes were approved and
eight were reapproved.
Assuring ftness
to practise
COMPETENCE NOTIFICATIONS
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The Council received notifcations of concern
about the competence of 74 nurses.
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75 notifcations (one nurse reported twice)
represent 0.15% of the 50,060 nurses with
annual practising certifcates at the end of
March 2013.
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75 inquiries were completed into notifcations
about competence. No further action was
required in relation to 16 nurses; 59 nurses were
assessed as requiring competence reviews.
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47 competence reviews were conducted.
HEALTH NOTIFICATIONS
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72 new notifcations of concern about the health
of nurses were received and addressed.
COMPLAINTS AND DISCIPLINE
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34 complaints were investigated by professional
conduct committees (PCCs), representing
0.067% of practising nurses.
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Following investigations of the 34 complaints,
14 required no further action, seven had charges
laid with the Health Practitioners Disciplinary
Tribunal (HPDT), six received letters of counsel,
one had conditions included in his scope of
practice, one was referred for a health review
and fve were referred for competence reviews.
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20 nurses had court convictions considered by
PCCs to determine if charges should be laid
that the convictions refected adversely on their
ftness to practise.
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Of the 20 nurses with convictions, six received
letters of counsel, four had their cases referred
for reviews of their health and 10 convictions
required no further action.
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PCCs prosecuted six charges before the HPDT.
Four were charges of professional misconduct
and two were brought following criminal
convictions. All prosecutions were successful,
but one HPDT fnding was overturned on appeal.
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The HPDT found four nurses guilty of charges of
professional misconduct. As a consequence one
nurse had her registration cancelled and three
nurses had their registration suspended, with
one suspension overturned on appeal to the
High Court.
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Two nurses were found to have convictions that
refected adversely on their ftness to practise.
Both had their registrations cancelled.
2012 / 2013 KEY RESULTS
2012 / 2013 KEY RESULTS