Student doctors told: Skip university to plug NHS staff shortages Tens of thousands of doctors and nurses are set to be trained via apprenticeships in a major expansion of plans to help fix the NHS workforce crisis.
Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of NHS England, urged school-leavers to “earn while they learn” rather than undertake a traditional university degree, as part of a radical new plan set to be unveiled by the government in the coming days.
It is understood that around one in 10 doctors and a third of nurses could qualify using this route – a fivefold increase on the 200 medical apprenticeships originally planned under NHS schemes. The Independent
See also:
- School leavers can work as doctors without a degree under radical NHS shake-up The Daily Telegraph
- School-leavers could join NHS via apprenticeships in plan to fix staff shortages The Guardian
- Tens of thousands of doctors and nurses ‘to be trained as apprentices’ The Independent
- NHS nurses will be able to train on the job under new plans Metro
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