Recommendation 29

The Department and NHS England told us that government had made a firm commitment of £2.4 billion of new money to fully fund the first five years of additional training places set out in the plan, until 2028.84 A planned expansion of medical school places up to 15,000 would be for the remaining 10 years, subject to additional funding. This money will also need to be phased, because it requires new medical schools and the 72 Q 114; C&AG’s Report, para 1.14 73 Q 116 74 Qq 114, 117 75 Q 118 76 Letter to the Committee dated 19 July 2023 from Sarah-Jane Marsh at NHS England 77 Q 66 78 Qq 60–61 79 Qq 61–62 80 Q 18 81 Q 7 82 Qq 13, 15 83 Qq 14, 16, 21 84 Qq 4, 13, 20 16 Access to urgent and emergency care expansion of school places in existing schools.85