HEE demands that training boards increase GP posts and decrease specialty posts

Abstract

Health Education England (HEE) expects local education and training boards (LETBs) to boost GP training posts by 450 over the next two years, at the same time as cutting other specialty training posts by 550. The targets form part of the boards’ annual “contract” with HEE, known as the annual accountability agreement, the draft prototype of which was published last week by HEE. HEE has overarching responsibility for education and training of NHS staff in England and for appointing …