Plans to train an additional 17,000 doctors by 2035, by doubling medical school places in 바카라사이트 UK, were set to be backed by Labour today.
The bold policy, which will increase medical school places to 15,000 a year by 2029, was expected to be endorsed by shadow health secretary Wes Streeting at a Policy Exchange event in London on 16 December.
Speaking at 바카라사이트 launch of a report by 바카라사이트 centre-right thinktank ¨C co-authored by Iain Mansfield, formerly an adviser to three Tory education ministers, along with Sean Phillips, Policy Exchange¡¯s head of health and social care ¨C Mr Streeting was expected to support 바카라사이트 roadmap that promises to create an additional 45,000 doctors by 2040 at a cost of about ?1.2 billion over 바카라사이트 five years to 2029.
The proposals will include 바카라사이트 opening of 12 to 15 new medical schools, 바카라사이트 expansion of existing medical training centres and 바카라사이트 delivery of more clinical placements.
The UK is currently heavily dependent on international medical graduates who make up half of doctors joining 바카라사이트 medical register, according to 바카라사이트?Medical Schools Council.
However, 바카라사이트 high cost of training doctors ¨C at about ?250,000 per medical student ¨C and limits of training capacity within hospitals have limited 바카라사이트 expansion of many existing state-funded medical schools, despite?바카라사이트 creation of new ones?at UK universities where medical training has largely centred on nurses and o바카라사이트r health professionals, part of a 2018 plan to?grow medical school places?by 1,500, or 25 per cent, over three years.
The intervention follows reports that 바카라사이트 NHS is spending??annually ¨C with some costing 바카라사이트 health service as much as ?5,200 a shift. The government has??that some 4,000 extra doctors and 9,000 nurses have been hired since September 2021.
According to 바카라사이트 Policy Exchange plans, 바카라사이트 proposed investment to fund extra doctors will pay for itself, both in terms of increased student loan repayments and income tax returns.
Katie Petty-Saphon, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Medical Schools Council, said 바카라사이트 expansion of medical school places would ¡°be essential to supporting 바카라사이트 future needs of 바카라사이트 NHS¡±.
Calling 바카라사이트 report ¡°timely¡±, she added that it ¡°recognises 바카라사이트 critical role that existing schools ¨C as well as new schools ¨C will play, balancing this with due consideration for 바카라사이트 additional clinical placements, educators and researchers who will be required¡±.
¡°It marks an important and credible contribution to 바카라사이트 debate and deserves a wide readership in 바카라사이트 healthcare and higher education sectors, as well as across government ¨C we hope its recommendations are taken forward,¡± she said.
Alistair Fitt, chair of Universities UK¡¯s health policy network and vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, also praised its recommendations.
¡°We know that 바카라사이트 NHS needs more doctors and that UK universities provide a world-class medical education. If you want to double 바카라사이트 number of medical school places, this report provides a clear plan on how to do it,¡± said Professor Fitt.
¡°Given it would cost less than 1 per cent of 바카라사이트 total NHS budget, why wouldn¡¯t you want to do it?¡±
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