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<p>National Health Service providers will receive clinical placement funding for the
minimum number of students that Health Education England forecast are required to
meet the longer-term workforce needs of the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>In early 2017, the
Department plans to run a public consultation on its proposals to expand domestic
undergraduate medical training places by up to 1,500 per year, from the academic year
2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2017-18 academic year, undergraduate medical students
undertaking the first four years of their courses will qualify for the same tuition
fee loan and living costs support package from the Student Loans Company as other
full-time undergraduate students. For years five and six of their courses, these students
will continue to qualify for NHS bursaries and an additional reduced rate non-means
tested loan for living costs from the Student Loans Company.</p><p> </p><p>Teaching
grants for medical students will also continue under the Office for Students (which
is expected to assume Higher Education Funding Council for England’s funding responsibility
from April 2018) reflecting the high-cost of the subject.</p>
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