"Kent would be an ideal place for a new medical school," says Jeremy Hunt

I asked Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to support plans to establish a new medical school in Kent.

I asked: "Does my right hon. Friend agree that Kent, with its excellent academic institutions and strong life sciences sector, would be an ideal location for a new medical school, and will he support emerging plans to establish one?"

He replied: "I can absolutely confirm that the garden of England would be an ideal place for a new medical school—alongside many other parts of the country that are actively competing to start medical schools as a result of the expansion in doctor numbers. It is an independent process run by the General Medical Council, and we will await what it says with great interest.

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