News story: More undergraduate medical education places

The expansion of undergraduate training places aims to increase the home-grown medical workforce by 25% – the largest single increase in doctor training places in the history of the NHS.Currently more than 6,000 university training places are available each year for prospective new doctors. This will increase by up to 1,500 each year from September 2018.It costs £230,000 to train a doctor in England and proposals set out in a consultation launched today (14 March 2017) include plans