Express your interest: Musculoskeletal Secondary Care Clinical Advisory Group

Released 28/03/2025

We recently held an online engagement event for secondary care services, where we shared the challenges we’re seeing and the impact this is having on injured people, their whānau and communities. In addition, we highlighted the pressure this is putting on the Accident Compensation Scheme and the sustainability of the entitlements we provide. 

Musculoskeletal Secondary Care Clinical Advisory Group 

We value the secondary care sector’s role in achieving positive rehabilitation outcomes for injured people. We believe there’s an opportunity to work together and develop solutions that will positively impact your patients’ recovery. For this reason, we’re wanting to form a Musculoskeletal Secondary Care Clinical Advisory Group to provide guidance on potential solutions that will have a positive impact on recovery outcomes. Our initial focus will be on people who have a musculoskeletal injury. 
 
We’re looking for a group of senior clinical secondary care representatives from the following health professions, who want to work with us to help address shared challenges and improve recovery outcomes for all New Zealanders:

  • Radiologist (interventional)
  • Anaesthetist
  • Spinal Orthopaedic surgeon or Neurosurgeon
  • Orthopaedic surgeon (non-spinal specialist)
  • Physiotherapist or Osteopath or Chiropractor
  • Vocational rehabilitation provider (Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist)
  • Registered nurse / theatre nurse
  • Specialist Pain Medicine Physician
  • Sports and Exercise Physician
  • Musculoskeletal Physician
  • Occupational Physician
  • Neurologist
  • Clinical Psychologist or Psychiatrist

How to express your interest

Nominees will be notified of their outcome around early May. If you have any questions or queries, please use the question function of the GETS Notice. 
 
If you did not attend our online engagement event held on 27 February and want to understand the challenges and opportunity in more detail, please view the recording on our website:

Working together to improve patient outcomes
 
Thank you for coming on this journey with us to find new ways we can work together to improve recovery outcomes for injured New Zealanders.

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