1) more undergraduates, but postgraduate training numbers haven't increased in 15 years in most specialities, and were substantially reduced at that time. The Hunt contract for junior doctors reduces contact time with supervisors, and the privatisation of elective services takes a lot if skilled workforce out of the NHS and training.
2) retention is a massive issue, not helped by a pay offer that means the reduction of real wages by a month pet year this year, but with many other factors too. It isn't just Australia, but also many simply quit the profession.
3) immigration (supposedly solved by Brexit...) is made much more difficult by Brexit as reciprocal recognition of European postgraduate qualifications has ended, meaning medical immigrants have to start again at the beginning, after a laborious registration process of 6 months or more.
1) more undergraduates, but postgraduate training numbers haven't increased in 15 years in most specialities, and were substantially reduced at that time. The Hunt contract for junior doctors reduces contact time with supervisors, and the privatisation of elective services takes a lot if skilled workforce out of the NHS and training.
2) retention is a massive issue, not helped by a pay offer that means the reduction of real wages by a month pet year this year, but with many other factors too. It isn't just Australia, but also many simply quit the profession.
3) immigration (supposedly solved by Brexit...) is made much more difficult by Brexit as reciprocal recognition of European postgraduate qualifications has ended, meaning medical immigrants have to start again at the beginning, after a laborious registration process of 6 months or more.
No easy solution...
Much of that could be applied to teaching as well.
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1) more undergraduates, but postgraduate training numbers haven't increased in 15 years in most specialities, and were substantially reduced at that time. The Hunt contract for junior doctors reduces contact time with supervisors, and the privatisation of elective services takes a lot if skilled workforce out of the NHS and training.
2) retention is a massive issue, not helped by a pay offer that means the reduction of real wages by a month pet year this year, but with many other factors too. It isn't just Australia, but also many simply quit the profession.
3) immigration (supposedly solved by Brexit...) is made much more difficult by Brexit as reciprocal recognition of European postgraduate qualifications has ended, meaning medical immigrants have to start again at the beginning, after a laborious registration process of 6 months or more.
No easy solution...