What is an NHS apprenticeship in medicine?

The Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship (MDDA) offers NHS organisations the opportunity to recruit from a wider pool of people in the local community. It also gives individuals, who for a multitude of reasons may be unable to attend university full time, a new route to train as a doctor.

A medical apprentice will be employed as an apprentice by the organisation (usually a hospital). Apprentices study flexibly alongside work, so they can put newly acquired knowledge and skills into practice immediately, to the positive the benefit of patients. Medical apprentices will do the same training, at the same high standard, as those taking traditional educational routes.

Any medical school offering a MDDA will be approved by the General Medical Council (doctors regulator). Apprentices are employed and paid a salary by the organisation they work for – enabling them to ‘earn and learn’.

The organisation will meet some of the cost of the apprentice’s tuition an training costs.

This new funding (will) enable healthcare employers to deliver up to 200 more doctors  ..  widening access and participation as well as encouraging employment within hard to recruit areas.

Professor Liz Hughes, Deputy Medical Director, Health Education England

They are likely to start in the UK in September 2024. Why not apply if it interests you?

Other resources

Keep an eye on the Health Education England website here.
And there is more information here.