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as another Brit, I wondered if it is the case that "we pay for medical training for people", so I looked it up https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning
by clort 5y ago
as another Brit, I wondered if it is the case that "we pay for medical training for people", so I looked it up
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/study-and-training/considering-or-university/financial-support-university/financial-support-medical-and-dental-students https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/study-and-t...
and it seems that basically you can get a student loan for this for the first four years of your degree, then you might be eligible for a means tested bursary afterwards and a non means-tested £1000 grant. This scarcely counts as paying for medical training, in my opinion.
- Veen 5y agoThat's true, but the costs to the student are heavily subsidized. It costs about £220,000 to train a doctor for the first five years. The tuition fees paid by students with loans are less than a quarter of that, and don't include on-the-job training after the fifth year, which significantly inflates the cost. That's why doctors trained in the US typically graduate with around $240,000 in debt, while doctors trained in the UK owe a fraction of that.