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NHS England to increase pool of applicants to GP training
NHS England has announced it has been working with Health Education England (HEE) to recruit English-speaking medical students in Europe in a bid to boost the number of successful applicants for GP training in England.
It said the recruitment campaign will focus on medical schools that teach in English.
According to the board paper, NHS England and HEE had been developing relations with these medical schools and planned to market directly to their students and graduates.
It said: “HEE, working with partners including NHS England, wishes to increase the pool of applicants making a positive choice to apply to enter GP specialty training. One approach is to increase applications from medical schools across Europe.
“A particular focus will be the medical schools that teach in English. Many of their students are UK citizens. HEE has been developing relations with these medical schools and their students. It is now proposed to market directly to these students and graduates, as an opportunity to increase the pool of good applicants.”
In its GP Forward View last year, NHS England said it would attempt to attract 500 overseas GPs to England.
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