Questions are being asked why the government is sticking to its cap on medical and dentistry places.
A shortage of doctors and other medical staff has been described as the biggest challenge facing the NHS.
But the number of places at UK medical schools are capped - in England this year there are 7,500 places.
England's Education Secretary James Cleverly told the BBC that you can't just "flick a switch" to increase the capacity to train more doctors.
