Scottish Parliament – Nov. 17, 2021 – 4

S6M-02139.2: As an amendment to motion S6M-02139 in the name of Sandesh Gulhane (Removing the Cap on Funded Places for Frontline Medical Students), leave out from "calls" to end and insert "welcomes the sustained increases in medical undergraduate places at Scottish universities;

notes that the level of new domestic training places for medicine is proportionately higher in Scotland than anywhere else in the UK;

further notes that, this year, the Scottish Government fully funded all places for Scottish domiciled students holding an offer from a Scottish medical school, where they met the terms of their conditional offer;

recognises that the Programme for Government sets out steps to substantially increase training places further;

believes that widening access to medicine is essential, and supports doubling the number of widening access places to help create a more diverse medical workforce."

Original motion(S6M-02139): That the Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to remove the cap on funded training places for students from Scotland studying for frontline NHS roles.