Exclusive: Government plans US-style ‘hospitalist’ doctors

By Henry Anderson2026-06-10T06:00:00

The government will introduce a new class of generalist hospital doctors – inspired by the American “hospitalist” role – by the end of the decade, according to leaked details of its upcoming workforce plan.

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