secondary care
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We now have approximately 1,900 trainees in secondary care training programmes, and 900 in foundation training, as well as 160 GP training places every year.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
Students graduate as healthcare professionals who work under the supervision of a doctor in a range of medical specialities in primary and secondary care.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024
She said GPs were the "gatekeepers to the healthcare system and to secondary care" and without them "secondary care would collapse in a matter of days".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2023
Mr Matheson said he was "disappointed" with the outcome of the ballot and recognised that strike action would have a "very significant impact" on primary and secondary care.
From BBC ● May 7, 2023
Victoria Vallance, the CQC's director of secondary care, says inspectors often find the same problems in the maternity services they visit, for example, not managing risk when women are deteriorating.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2022
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