![]() ![]() ![]() The health service currently has 124,000 vacancies across the workforce. The plan is a 'once-in-a-generation opportunity to put the NHS on a sustainable footing', she added. 'This radical new approach could see tens of thousands of school-leavers becoming doctors and nurses, or other key healthcare roles after being trained on the job, over the next 25 years.' Speaking to pupils at the Durham Johnston Comprehensive School in Durham on Friday, chief executive of NHS England, Amanda Pritchard said: 'The NHS is looking to expand apprenticeship schemes over the coming years, offering a different route into the NHS, where students can earn while they learn instead of going through the university route. Yesterday the Royal College of Nursing also confirmed it will ballot its members over further strike action later this month after rejecting a Government pay rise. It comes amid rising tensions between the Government and medics over ongoing strike action about pay and conditions. NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard urged school-leavers to consider an NHS career during a visit to her former school in Durham yesterday ![]()
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