Plan to improve NHS dropout crisis

Attrition in the staffing pipeline from student to early-career clinician is worryingly high, with significant numbers dropping out before or soon after joining the NHS. Our report puts forward a 10-point plan to improve retention, including a policy proposal to gradually write off NHS clinicians' student debt over 10 years.

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Diagnosing the NHS

Nigel Edwards provides a multi-layered understanding of the complex set of factors that impede the NHS from making real progress. Session at Nuffield Trust Summit, March 2023.

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