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<p>The Department monitors and analyses overall staffing levels across the National
Health Service, and we are working across Government to ensure there will continue
to be sufficient staff, including doctors, to deliver the high-quality services on
which the public relies following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.</p><p>The
Government has funded an extra 1,500 undergraduate medical school places - a 25% increase
taking the total number of medical school training places in England to 7,500 by 2020/21.
Five new medical schools will open in England by September 2020 to help deliver the
expansion.</p><p>The interim NHS People Plan, published on 3 June 2019, puts the workforce
at the heart of the NHS and will ensure we have the staff needed to deliver high quality
care. The final NHS People Plan will be published in early 2020.</p>
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