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The UK’s capacity to contribute to scientific research and educate medical students is at risk without investment in the clinical academic workforce, the Medical Schools Council has said.
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The representative body for UK medical schools has published data showing that the clinical academic workforce is ageing, with many academics approaching retirement.1 In 2023 over a third (36%) of all UK clinical academics, doctors who undertake teaching and research alongside treating patients in the NHS, were aged over 55, as were 65% of professors. By comparison, in 2004 just 24% of all UK …
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