Start a National Service for the NHS. Serve 1 year working for the NHS after leaving school. Teach life saving and other medical skills. This could attract potential school leavers to stay on and pursue a career in health care. In a medical emergency they could be called on to back fill NHS.
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Look at how COVID 19 has affected the NHS. We need a National response to future medical emergencies like this.