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<p>The Department does not hold information on the average cost to the taxpayer of
training someone to become a doctor in the United Kingdom.</p><br /> <br /> <br /><p>The
Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent estimates within
their report ‘Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2014’, published March 2014, that
the average cost in <ins class="ministerial">2013/14 </ins><del class="ministerial">2014/15</del>
of training to become a general practitioner is £485,390 with the consultant training
cost being £726,551. These figures reflect the pre-registration costs of tuition,
living expenses/lost production and clinical placements and the post-graduate costs
of tuition and replacement costs not the average cost to the taxpayer.</p><br />
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