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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ella Pickover

EXPLAINED: Nhs plan explained more than 300 000 extra doctors nurses and other workers expected | Rare Historical Photos

PA Wire

More than 300,000 extra nurses, doctors and other health workers are expected to be employed in the NHS in England over the coming years through radical plans to improve staffing in the health service.

The possibility of cutting the amount of time doctors spend in medical school, driving up the number of home-grown NHS staff and ramping up apprenticeship places are among the ideas to deal with severe staff shortages in the NHS.

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