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<p>The Government has announced a historic expansion of medical school places in England,
with an increase of 1,500 medical school places in England. The first 500 places have
already been allocated and will be available to students in September 2018.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government response to the recent consultation was published on 9 August
2017, confirming that 1,000 additional medical school places would be available to
medical schools in England via a competitive bidding process to be managed jointly
by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Health Education England
(HEE).</p><p> </p><p>It also set out the priority areas bidding criteria would need
to focus that include aligning the expansion to local National Health Service workforce
need with an emphasis on priority geographical areas, including rural and coastal
areas.</p><p> </p><p>HEFCE and HEE are currently finalising the design of the bidding
process and will publish details in the autumn.</p>
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