UK health system crisis? School leavers to train as doctors without going to medical school
In history's great pantheon of stupid ideas, this is the very worst, says one UK doctor
It has been marketed as an ‘earn while you learn’ plan dreamt up by a government desperate to fix its medical workforce crisis.
The idea? Don’t just use medical schools to train future doctors. Instead recruit school leavers and put them on a five-year apprenticeship.
