Exclusive: Study will be aimed at improving medics’ working lives by reducing frequency and repetition of courses The amount of time doctors have to spend doing compulsory training will be cut as part ...

Medical graduates from the UK and Ireland will be prioritised for training places under new legislation introduced to Parliament on Tuesday. The Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill forms part of ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is in Downing Street setting out a 15-year plan to recruit 300,000 more NHS staff in England He says the NHS will train more doctors and nurses through apprenticeships, and ...

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The Government’s new plan to fix ‘chronic’ staff shortages could see medical school places double and thousands of apprentice doctors trained directly on the job, reports today have suggested. The ...

The number of people applying to study medicine has increased by over 6% in the last year, with many medical schools receiving over ten applicants for every university place. And so you might think ...

Nearly two-thirds of NHS trusts do not have a dedicated budget for training NHS staff in safeguarding children, according to a report by the Care Quality Commission. Prompted by the case of Baby P, ...