Nick Wright is a General Practitioner Fellow at The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners in Wellington, NZ, since January 2020. With a strong background in general practice, Nick has served at Tū Ora Compass Health New Zealand as a Board Apprentice, focusing on governance and health skills development. Previous roles include General Practitioner at Three Rivers Medical during GP Fellowship training, Professional Practice Fellow at the University of Otago, and contributions as a General Practitioner at Amity Health. Nick also directed Aptitute, a successful health science textbook initiative, and began medical training as a House Officer at Tairawhiti DHB. Academically, Nick holds a Fellowship from the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and an MBBS from the University of Otago.
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is the largest medical college in New Zealand. We have around 5,500 members, who represent close to 90 percent of the country’s GPs. The College's overall goal to improve the health of New Zealanders through high quality general practice care. We do this by providing training, ongoing education, research, advocacy and support for general practitioners and and rural hospital generalists. We also set standards (CORNERSTONE accreditation) for general practices across the country. The College has a commitment to embed the three principles (participation, partnership and protection) of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) across its work, and to achieving health equity in New Zealand.