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Significant changes to doctors’ training are needed for future-proof workforce, peers are told

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6605 (Published 07 December 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i6605
  1. Adrian O’Dowd
  1. London

Changes are needed to the form, length, and approach to doctors’ training to produce a workforce more suited to the NHS’s future needs, peers have been told.

Doctors’ training may need to be shorter, more geared towards producing generalists instead of specialists, and broader ranging so that they are better prepared to deal with multimorbidity, workforce expert witnesses told peers on the House of Lords NHS sustainability committee.

During an evidence session held on 6 December for the committee’s inquiry into the NHS’s long term sustainability, peers asked what needed to change to help the NHS provide for care needs in 2030 and to improve its productivity.

Chris Whitty, chief scientific adviser at the Department of Health, giving evidence, said, …

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