lot of numbers. they ve set some targets for the next decade. for 2031, they want to double medical school places from 15,000 a year. and pension arrangements need to be addressed so from 11, and pension arrangements need to be addressed so from 15,000 they want a 50% increase in the gp training places forjunior doctors. training places for junior doctors. they training places forjunior doctors. they want 24,000 more nurses student places by 2021 2031. they will be across all sort of nhs, working in maternity and physiotherapy and doctors as well. it ll be interesting to see how it works, and thatis interesting to see how it works, and that is one of the things people will be listening for, do you train up will be listening for, do you train up an apprenticeship doctor? when it comes to retention, they say there is still not a huge amount of detail on it, but they will make it easier for people to progress to senior roles, and they will be putting in
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better late than never and as you say, that will take time to translate into bricks on the wards and people in the ground, but it is and people in the ground, but it is a good start. not only do we need to train more but we also need to continue to keep people in the service. we have people haemorrhaging out of the service for a variety of reasons. lots of nursing staff are going abroad for better terms and we also have the issue of the pensions and the government could change that overnight. it is driving senior staff, especially senior doctors, out of the hospitals and out of general practice because it is unsustainable to continue to work because of the draconian pension arrangements. the government could change that overnight and we could retain experienced staff in our hospitals and general practice. let s look at bit more at the figures that we are focusing on today. these are for april to june