The new NHS workforce plan, a 🧵

I’ve been an NHS doctor for almost twenty years, a senior lecturer at two universities, I teach and train medical/nursing/pharmacy/paramedic/PA students, and a GP trainer for almost a decade I fully support the need for more doctors, nurses, midwives etc - we’ve been shouting this from the rooftops for years

Increasing student places is key, widening access to university courses for those from disadvantaged backgrounds also important