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Written question asked by Sarah Wollaston (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 December 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 December 2016. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Wednesday, 21 December 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Doctors: Training

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment =he has made of the potential effect on the income of NHS providers of the proposed withdrawal of the service increment for teaching funding for training international medical students.

Answer

In early 2017, the Department plans to run a public consultation on its proposals to expand domestic undergraduate medical training places by 1,500 per year, from the academic year 2018-19.

National Health Service providers will continue to receive placement funding for the minimum number of students that Health Education England forecast are required to meet the longer-term workforce needs of the NHS.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
57887
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Doctors Finance NHS Overseas students Training
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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