Newsletter: November 2019

Work is well underway on the detailed design for our new recertification programme and planning for putting it in place.

A series of practitioner focus groups started on 31 October in Auckland, and will be followed by further groups in Wellington and Christchurch through until 12 November 2019. These will be used to test our thinking and confirm that the design for the new recertification programme will be realistic and practical for practitioners.

We have also started a regular tele-conference update for our key stakeholders (associations, specialists’ representative groups, employers, DHBs and education providers) to ensure they hear from us directly about progress and can provide input and ask questions. We will also be holding focus group sessions for these stakeholders in November.

As advised, pending implementation of the new recertification system for all oral health practitioners, the Council has decided to extend the current recertification programmes to 31 December 2020.