Joe Pajak (Dr)
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Jan 25, 2023 at 10:09amWeb
Show threadJoe Pajak (Dr)Jan 25, 2023

So, 'in the middle of the biggest CRISIS in the history of the #NHS, the government is preventing medical schools from training more doctors'! @Smyth_Chris @thetimes @wesstreeting @TheBMA @bmj_latest @SteveBarclay @SalBrinton

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#NHScrisis

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stop-training-so-many-doctors-universities-told-xd3p3p37q

Stop training so many doctors, universities told

Universities have been told they must limit the number of medical school places this year or risk fines, a move attacked as “extraordinary” when the NHS is struggling with staff shortages

The Times
Show threadRoyMotteramJan 25, 2023

@JoePajak
It may not be as stupid as it sounds.

When medical students leave university, they have to go on to a hospital to continue training under supervision. If we don't have enough consultants to supervise, then there's no place to go. So after all that expensive university education, they go on to become accountants, or burger flippers.

Show threadlogienickJan 25, 2023
@JoePajak 🙄...Its all just part of the Government's plan to run the Service down in preparation for privatisation. Predictable...