By the same point in 2021, the vacancy rate was at 7%, with 508.74 unfilled full time equivalent positions.
This was despite the budget for 7262.48 roles in that 2021/2022 financial year.
Professor Robin Gauld, the director of the University of Otago's Centre for Health Systems, said the significant vacancy rates were worrying.
Drop the mandates, follow actual science and bring back resilient staff to help bring the work load down. Simple as.