[andrewb]

Originally Posted by Neil

It looks like good management to me. You train more people than you need so you can pick the cream. It would be poor management to only train the number you need. Then you could be short of top quality Doctors and Nurses at the end of the training. Yes it does cost money to train people but for some of there training they are actively working and being useful. If you don't like the idea of being one of the ones left out then its simple, make sure you are one of the best.

That's been happening for years in engineering apprenticeships. The last few years I worked at Michelin they did not take on all the apprentices they trained. One year non of the 6 were taken on.

You have a good point. I called it mismanagement because when I heard about it being done in the NHS the student nurses had not been told they were only accepting x number of applicants. If they tell them then theres no problem.