Member

All of the above marks a disaster for workforce planning. Unless acted upon now, there will be knock-on effects to the consultant and GP workforces in years to come. Even if training posts were to be doubled tomorrow, there would not be enough for the number of applicants this year. Unless this is addressed immediately, here in primary legislation, there is likely to be mass unemployment of those unsuccessful training applicants this year—up to 20,000, as I have previously said, and these are some of the most driven, well-qualified, well-educated people in our country, whose talents will possibly be wasted and dissipated over time.