Bromsgrove's Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Bradley Thomas has welcomed the announcement by the Health & Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay that The Three Counties Medical School will offer at least 50 funded training places from next September, on top of the places funded by the local health system and non-domestic students.
The new medical school, based at Hylton Road, Worcester, has just welcomed its first cohort of students and today’s announcement builds on the NHS’s Long-Term Workforce Plan unveiled earlier this year, backed by £2.4billion in new funding.
Bradley commented
“It’s great to see the government listen to our local campaign to fund training places at the new medical school in the city. Our local NHS in Bromsgrove and across Worcestershire needs more doctors, nurses and clinical staff and it’s a boost to our county that people will be able to train here in Worcester. I will be campaigning to keep up the pressure to increase the number in future to support the healthcare of Bromsgrove residents.”
