Claim: Tax payers pay £500,000 to train a doctor.
Fact-check: It does not cost the public £500,000 to train a doctor - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. while it may cost roughly this much to train a senior doctor, the cost to train someone until they become a junior doctor is much less.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2023-07-17T00:00:00