Government will expand medical school places a year early, with 205 additional places for the new academic year in 2024, subject to consultation.
- This follows the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan which will deliver the biggest training expansion in NHS history
- Places offered to 5 medical schools – including 3 new ones – to help ensure medical school places are available where they are most needed
Students will be able to apply to new medical school places a year early as the government today (Tuesday 3 October) announced it will fund 205 additional places for students starting in 2024, accelerating a commitment in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan published in June.
The Office for Students has begun the process of allocating these places and has offered places to new medical schools at Worcester Three Counties, Brunel and Chester, which do not currently have any publicly funded medical places, as well as offering more places to the University of Central Lancashire and Edge Hill medical schools. The location of these schools will help ensure medical school places are available where they are most needed, including training much-needed additional doctors for the North West.
