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Plans to increase GP training places in Wales
Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething is aiming to increase the number of GP training places in Wales by nearly 18 per cent.
This year has already seen 155 places already filled against the target of 136.
The minister has asked Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) to review the number of places in Wales to ensure a skilled workforce is in place to meet the aims of A Healthier Wales.
The target fill rate for GP training places is set to increase from 136 to 160, starting this autumn. This figure will be kept under review with a view to increasing it further in the coming years.
Gething said: "We have made excellent progress since launching our Train, Work, Live campaign in 2016 to attract GP trainees to Wales. In two of the last three years we have over-filled our target number of training places so now is good time to look at increasing the target.
"I have asked HEIW to review our GP training places to ensure we have the skilled workforce we need to meet our long term ambitions for the NHS, set out in A Healthier Wales. I want to increase the number of places to 160 in time for the next round of recruitment in 2019 and I hope we can move towards an even higher target in the near future. I have also agreed where there are further opportunities to take on more GP trainees than the 160, HEIW can proceed if there is capacity to do so."
The Train, Work, Live GP trainee campaign includes two financial incentives schemes: a targeted scheme offering a £20,000 incentive to GP trainees taking up posts in specified areas with a trend of low fill rates, and a universal scheme offering a one off payment for all GP trainees to cover the cost of one sitting of their final examinations.
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