ChatGPT for health and social services
Clinics, practices and social service providers can use ChatGPT for administration and communication.
- Share of NZ employees
- 12%about 294,000 people, Feb 2025
- Highest local share
- 55%Kawakawa, Northland
- Highest region
- 17%Northland, 11,600 employees
Where we start
Clinics, practices and social service providers can use ChatGPT for administration and communication. Clinical use and patient data need a much higher bar.
Policies and admin
Draft policies, rosters, job descriptions and funding reports from your own inputs.
Readable information sheets
Rewrite patient or client information in plain language, then have a clinician check it.
Training material
Turn procedures into short staff training guides and quizzes.
Take care: The Health Information Privacy Code 2020 applies. Do not enter identifiable health information unless your organisation has approved the tool, plan and use.
Where the jobs are
Health and social services accounts for 12% of paid employees in New Zealand. These are the towns and regions where its share is highest. Towns need at least 400 employees to be ranked.
Towns with the highest share of jobs in health
| Town | Chart | Share | NZ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawakawa | 55.4% | 12.0% | |
| Clyde | 47.6% | 12.0% | |
| Thames | 29.4% | 12.0% | |
| Oxford | 27.5% | 12.0% | |
| Waikanae | 25.7% | 12.0% | |
| Whangārei | 25.4% | 12.0% | |
| Snells Beach | 23.2% | 12.0% | |
| Kaitāia | 22.6% | 12.0% | |
| Hastings | 20.8% | 12.0% | |
| Riverton | 20.8% | 12.0% |
Share of paid employees at business locations in the town. The tick marks the national share.
Source: Stats NZ, Business Demography Statistics, February 2020 and 2025.
By region
| Region | Chart | Share | NZ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northland | 17.4% | 12.0% | |
| Nelson | 15.2% | 12.0% | |
| Manawatū-Whanganui | 14.0% | 12.0% | |
| Gisborne | 14.0% | 12.0% | |
| Bay of Plenty | 13.1% | 12.0% | |
| Waikato | 12.8% | 12.0% | |
| Taranaki | 12.7% | 12.0% | |
| Canterbury | 12.1% | 12.0% | |
| Wellington | 11.9% | 12.0% | |
| Hawke's Bay | 11.9% | 12.0% | |
| Otago | 11.5% | 12.0% | |
| West Coast | 11.3% | 12.0% | |
| Auckland | 11.1% | 12.0% | |
| Southland | 11.0% | 12.0% | |
| Marlborough | 9.4% | 12.0% | |
| Tasman | 7.6% | 12.0% |
Source: Stats NZ, Business Demography Statistics, February 2020 and 2025.
Courses
1Introductory
ChatGPT essentials workshop
A practical session for the whole team: prompting, files, data analysis and Projects, using tasks from your own business.
2Organisation
ChatGPT Business and Enterprise rollout
Set up ChatGPT properly for a team: workspace, sharing, policies, a custom GPT library and adoption that lasts past week two.
3Advanced
Custom GPTs, agents and the OpenAI API
For power users and developers: custom GPTs with actions, agent workflows, the OpenAI API and Codex.
Other industries
Questions
Is ChatGPT safe to use in health?
With the right plan and rules, yes for most tasks. The Health Information Privacy Code 2020 applies. Do not enter identifiable health information unless your organisation has approved the tool, plan and use.
Can training use our own health examples?
Yes. We ask for a few real, non-sensitive examples beforehand, or anonymised versions, and build the exercises around them.
Train your health team
- Send us a few linesHow many people, where you are, and the jobs that eat your week.
- We reply with a planA suggested session and format, plus what to bring: real quotes, emails and questions.
- Your team does the workAt your place or over video. They finish with ChatGPT doing real tasks, not demos.
- In person
- Remote
- Half-day workshop
- Full-day workshop
- Team rollout
Independent training by TheColab. Not affiliated with OpenAI.
Enquire
Tell us about your team. We reply by email with a suggested course and format.