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Ministers refuse to fund medical school aiming to solve UK doctor shortage

The centre at Worcester University could be forced to train only overseas students who are unlikely to remain in Britain

A new school set up to boost the number of doctors in England has been told it will not receive any funding for domestic students – meaning that in future it may only be able to give places to those coming in from overseas.

The government is refusing to fund a single place at Three Counties Medical School, University of Worcester, despite health bosses in the area saying they are spending £70m a year on agency staff to plug a chronic shortage of doctors.

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