BBCNEWS BBC News at One August 6, 2021 11:12:00
Is to fund hundreds of extra places at medical schools in england because more students than expected have got the required a level grades, after exams were scrapped for the second consecutive year. numbers on medicine and dentistry courses are usually capped by the government because of the cost, and the need for clinical placements in the nhs. doctors and dentists are much in demand but there is tough competition for places at university, the numbers are capped because of the cost of courses. with more students this year expected to qualify after exams were replaced with teacher assessed gra...