1. Medical laboratory scientists and technicians Health Workforce Annual Survey Medical laboratory scientists and Technicians Health Workforce Annual Survey

2. Introduction A health workforce survey was included with each invoice for the Annual Practising Certificates (APC) sent to medical laboratory scientists and technicians in February 2010. Of the 1616 medical laboratory scientists who were sent an invoice 1312 (81.2 percent) indicated that they were working actively as medical laboratory scientists, three (0.2 percent) respondents indicated that they were not actively working and 301 (18.6 percent) did not respond to the survey. Of the 1437 medical laboratory technicians who were sent an invoice, 1123 (78.1 percent) indicated that they were working actively as medical laboratory technicians, one (0.1 percent) respondent indicated that they were not actively working and 313 (21.8 percent) did not respond to the survey. The following statistics are based on the 1312 active medical laboratory scientists and 1123 active medical laboratory technicians.

3. List of tables Table 1: Age and gender of active medical laboratory scientists and technicians, 20102 Table 2: Ethnicity of active medical laboratory scientists and technicians, by gender, 20103 Table 3: Qualification country of active medical laboratory scientists and technicians, by gender, 20105 Table 4: District Health Board of employer for medical laboratory scientists and technicians, by average hours worked, 20106 Table 5: Main employment setting of active medical laboratory scientists and technicians, by gender, 20108 Table 6: Worktype by main employment setting for active medical laboratory scientists and technicians, 201010 Table 7: Worktype for medical laboratory scientists and technicians, by gender, 201011

4. List of figures Figure 1: Age of active medical laboratory scientists and technicians, as a percentage, 20102 Figure 2: Ethnicity of active medical laboratory scientists, by gender, percentage, 20103 Figure 3: Ethnicity of active medical laboratory technicians, by gender, as a percentage, 20104 Figure 4: District Health Board of employer for medical laboratory scientists, by average hours worked, 20107 Figure 5: District Health Board of employer for medical laboratory technicians, by average hours worked, 20107 Figure 6: Main employment setting of active medical laboratory scientists and technicians, 20109 Figure 7: Worktype for medical laboratory scientists, by gender, percentage, 201011 Figure 8: Worktype for medical laboratory technicians, by gender, as a percentage, 201012 Figure 9: Active medical laboratory scientists by year of qualification, 1970 to 200912 Figure 10: Active medical laboratory technicians by year of qualification, 1962 to 200913

5. Survey results Of the medical laboratory scientists with a reported gender, 71.2 percent were female, while 88.8 percent of medical laboratory technicians were female (Table 1 and Figure 1). The median age of respondents was 47 years for medical laboratory scientists and 50 years for medical laboratory technicians.

6. Table 1: Age and gender of active medical laboratory scientists and technicians, 2010 Medical Laboratory ScientistsMedical Laboratory Technicians Age group Male Female Not reporte d Total Percen tage Male Female Not reporte d Total Percen tage 20–246100161.2290111.0 25–29268911168.812550676.0 30–34428801309.919650847.5 35–39339521309.917760938.3 40–4429117014611.126108013411.9 45–4957144020115.320144016414.6 50–5453127018013.714196021018.7 55–5954125118013.77174218316.3 60+72122019414.88165017315.4 Not reported5140191.404040.4 Total37793141312100.012599621123100.0

7. Ethnicity Medical Laboratory ScientistsMedical Laboratory Technicians MaleFemaleNot reportedTotalMaleFemaleNot reportedTotal NZ European1845832769336232658 NZ Maori418022350053 Other European – British & Irish47730120541046 Chinese2245067514019 Other European2046167231033 Indian24390632740067 Other Asian917026728035 African8150232305 Other European – Australian680142507 South East Asian751131743060 Other Pacific380116 017 Samoan230558013 Maori21030303 Other1623039823031 Not reported2347070373076 Total3779314131212599621123 Table 2: Ethnicity of active medical laboratory scientists and technicians, by gender, 2010

8. The Ministry of Health would like to thank all the health care professionals who completed the 2010 workforce questionnaire. This is an annual survey which all health care professionals are encouraged to complete. If you have any comments or require further survey results please contact: For more information visit: - Medical Laboratory TechnicianMedical Laboratory Technician