Up to one in 10 doctors and a third of nurses could be trained via an apprenticeship route in the next few years.
NEW WORKFORCE PLAN: Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of NHS England, speaks to students at her old school, Durham Johnston School
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had promised that the publication of the NHS’s long-term workforce plan will happen"shortly". Ms Pritchard said that the plan is a"once-in-a-generation opportunity to put the NHS on a sustainable footing" as she highlighted the 124,000 vacancies across the workforce. "This radical new approach could see tens of thousands of school-leavers becoming doctors and nurses, or other key healthcare roles, after being trained on the job over the next 25 years. But this move isn’t just something that will benefit school leavers of the future.
She was speaking as she toured her old school and met current pupils. The tour was arranged as part of the NHS’s 75th anniversary celebrations, marked on July 5 this year.
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