Tens of thousands of doctors and nurses will be able to train on the job under plans to tackle NHS workforce shortages.
It is expected that the much-anticipated NHS workforce plan will see the number of medics trained via the apprenticeship route ramped up significantly.
Up to one in 10 doctors and a third of nurses could be trained this way in coming years, the PA news agency understands.
It comes as the head of the NHS encouraged school-leavers to “earn while they learn” through NHS apprenticeship schemes.
Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of the NHS in England, told pupils at her former school that “tens of thousands” of doctors and nurses would be able to train as apprentices in the coming years.
