Doctors: Vacancies
(asked on 5th July 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the shortage of doctors in the NHS.
This question was answered on 16th July 2021
In England, to further increase the supply of doctors we have increased the number of medical school places by 1,500 and opened five medical schools. This expansion was completed in September 2020 and the first of these doctors will enter the workforce from 2023. We are also taking action to increase the retention of doctors. The Enhancing Junior Doctors’ Working Lives programme, led by Health Education England, is delivering a range of initiatives to improve the quality of life of doctors in training.