We don't have enough people going into those fields and there is a high burnout rate in some health care professions, so it is very important that we get more people into the pipeline right now.
Women are being told to get midwives [in UK] because there's not enough room and there's not enough pain medicine at the hospitals.
Millions of Americans, adults and children, lack access to dental care.
Let trusts get on and recruit internationally and stopping blocking medics from coming here to care for our sick.
By 2020 the U.S. will be short 91,000 doctors. There's no way we can educate enough doctors to make up that shortfall, and other countries are far worse off.
America is facing a looming shortage of doctors, nurses, and physicians' assistants.
We are going to see a tremendous number of health professionals retire over the next 8-10 years. We are not doing nearly enough to deal with this problem.
There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.
There aren't enough doctors in Africa. Those who choose to become doctors here don't do it for the money or because they want to do good. They do it because they have to heal, the way most people need to breathe or eat or love.