New health initiatives could offer better training for doctors coming from overseas

The Health Minister's announced multiple incentives to boost access to primary care - including 100 placements for overseas-trained doctors.

The Royal College of GPs says vocational training for the doctors was always done in hospitals.

But its President Samantha Murton says primary care is now getting a slice of the pie.

She says general practices offer a wider range of training in New Zealand healthcare, than hospitals.