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<p>The Department sets the tariff for placements and as set out in the draft workforce
strategy, <em>Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future – A draft health and care workforce
strategy for England to 2027</em>, Health Education England (HEE) will advise ministers
in spring 2018 on their assessment of options for reforming undergraduate and postgraduate
tariffs to better support clinical learning environments and a larger learner population;
including primary care. A copy of <em>Facing the Facts, Shaping the Future </em>is
attached.</p><p> </p><p>HEE has implemented a range of improvements to increase the
number of general practitioner (GP) training places to 3,250 each year. In 2017 3,157
new starters were recruited to training posts – this is the highest number of GP trainees
ever.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England, HEE, the British Medical Association and Royal College
of General Practitioners have been working together to increase the number of medical
students choosing to enter specialty GP training.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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