Medicine: Education

(asked on 21st February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the expansion of medical school places on the number of doctors entering general practice.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 28th February 2018

The historic 1,500 increase in the number of medical school training places at English universities aims to boost numbers entering general practice training.

The first 500 places have been allocated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to existing medical schools and places will be available from September 2018.

The remaining 1,000 places will be allocated through a competitive bidding process currently being undertaken by HEFCE and Health Education England. The bidding criteria include a focus on supporting general practice and other priority specialties. The bids are currently being assessed with the outcome and allocation of places to be announced in the spring. These additional places will be available to students from September 2019.

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