Workforce profile report

This report is part of a series about the characteristics, employment, and professional background of people undertaking health coach or HIP training. Understanding the profile of people entering these roles informs future planning and development for a sustainable primary healthcare workforce.

This report summarises information collected from January 2021 to 31 December 2025, and describes key differences with recent trainees, who began training during the 6 months to end December 2025.

This report provides a summary of information provided by people registered for health coach and health improvement practitioner training between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2025. It summarises information from 560 health coach trainees and 647 HIP trainees, and highlights differences with recent trainees who began training between January and June 2025.

The information reported includes:

• socio-demographic information (age, gender, ethnicity)
• employment information including employer and locality
• professional background including relevant qualifications, registrations, and work history.

This report provides a summary of information provided by people registered for health coach and health improvement practitioner training between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2024. It summarises information from 498 health coach trainees and 588 HIP trainees, and highlights differences with recent trainees who began training between June and December 2024.

The information reported includes:

• socio-demographic information (age, gender, ethnicity)
• employment information including employer and locality
• professional background including relevant qualifications, registrations, and work history.

This report provides a summary of information provided by people registered for health coach and health improvement practitioner training between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2024. It summarises information from 431 health coach trainees and 523 HIP trainees, and highlights differences with recent trainees who began training between January and June 2024.

The information reported includes:

• socio-demographic information (age, gender, ethnicity)
• employment information including employer and locality
• professional background including relevant qualifications, registrations, and work history.

This report includes information about 343 health coach trainees and 450 HIP trainees:

• socio-demographic information (age, gender, ethnicity)
• employment information including employer and locality
• professional background including relevant qualifications, registrations, and work history.

This report includes information about 274 health coach trainees and 383 HIP trainees:

• socio-demographic information (age, gender, ethnicity)
• employment information including employer and locality
• professional background including relevant qualifications, registrations, and work history.

Te Pou will continue to update information collected from trainees every 6 months, these reports will be available on our website.

This report provides a summary of information provided by people registered for health coach and health improvement practitioner training between 1 July and 31 December 2022. It provides an overview of registrants':

• socio-demographic information, age, gender, and ethnicity
• employment information, including current employer type, role (health coaches only), and hours employed per week
• professional background, including relevant qualifications, professional registrations, and work history.

This report provides a snapshot of information about people registered for health coach training between 1 July and 31 December 2022. A full report for health coaches and health improvement practitioners is also available

This report provides a snapshot of information about people registered for health improvement practitioner training between 1 July and 31 December 2022. A full report for health coaches and health improvement practitioners is also available.

This report provides a summary of information about people registered for health coach and health improvement practitioner training between 1 January and 30 June 2022. It provides an overview of registrants':

• socio-demographic information, age, gender, and ethnicity
• employment information, including current employer type, role (health coaches only), and hours employed per week
• professional background, including relevant qualifications, professional registrations, and work history.

This report provides a snapshot of information about people registered for health improvement practitioner training between 1 January and 30 June 2022.

This report aims to provide an initial snapshot of the HIP and health coach workforce as part of the IPMHA programme to inform the workforce's future planning, recruitment, and training. Specific objectives are to better understand the profile, characteristics, and backgrounds of the IPMHA workforce. This includes:

• socio-demographic information, age, gender, and ethnicity
• employment information, including current employer type, role (health coaches only), and hours employed per week
• professional background, including relevant qualifications, professional registrations, and work history.