Measure What Matters for Doctor Health & Wellbeing Summit

Doctors Health Aotearoa | Wotton + Kearney | The RACP Foundation

Event Details

The Measure What Matters for Doctor Health & Wellbeing Summit, held on March 28, 2025, in Auckland, brought together healthcare leaders and experts to discuss strategies for improving doctor wellbeing in New Zealand.

Start date: 
March 28, 2025
End date:
March 28, 2025
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Location:
Wotton + Kearney Boardroom (L8 Jarden House, 21 Queen St, Auckland CBD)
About The Event

On March 28th, 2025, Dr Alexandra Muthu chaired the Measure What Matters for Doctor Health & Wellbeing Summit in Auckland, with attendees also joining remotely. The event brought together healthcare leaders, researchers, and experts from various industries to discuss meaningful ways to measure and improve doctor wellbeing across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Keynote speakers included Guy Beatson from the Institute of Directors Governance Leadership Centre, Mike O’Brien from HASANZ and the GM Safety Forum, and Dr Kathryn Hutt from Doctors Health New South Wales. Participants engaged in roundtable sessions to share insights on areas of concern and effective strategies for measuring and improving doctor health and wellbeing, with input from.

Discussions focused on using data, systems improvement, workplace wellbeing, and cross-sector collaboration to drive meaningful change. Attendees explored actionable steps to measure and address the unique challenges faced by doctors, with sustainable careers and improving patient outcomes the ultimate goals.

The summit closed with a call to action, emphasizing the need for collective effort to create systemic improvements and ensure doctors’ wellbeing is prioritized in health sector policies.

A big thank you to our sponsors: Doctors Health Aotearoa, Wotton + Kearney, and the RACP Foundation through a RACP AFOEM Research Development Grant to Dr Muthu.