• 3 years ago
There are renewed calls for a boost in trainee doctors in Kent after it has been revealed the NHS needs an extra 5,000 of them.

According to the Royal College of GPs, the government needs to boost numbers to relieve strain on surgeries and burnout among doctors.

To talk more about this issue, we were joined by our health expert Dr. Julian Spinks.

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