Rishi Sunak announces largest NHS workforce expansion plan, includes apprenticeship-style roles

Rishi Sunak, the UK Prime Minister, has announced plans for the largest expansion in training and workforce in the history of the National Health Service (NHS).

The aim is to reduce the reliance on foreign-trained healthcare professionals and address the record-high waiting lists in the NHS.

The plans will increase the numbers of doctors and nurses going into training, with apprenticeship-style roles being introduced to fill NHS staffing gaps in England.

The proposal aims to expand the nurse apprenticeship scheme that already exists.

The plans are expected to be published next week.

However, it may take "five, ten, fifteen years for these things to come through," according to Sunak.

The move has been welcomed, but concerns have been raised about the lack of a pay deal that could avert the strike action by junior doctors.

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