Oversupply of health care professionals expected
Thailand could be faced with an oversupply of health care professionals over the next 10 years, a seminar on the health care workforce was told on Monday.
“Thailand in the past four decades has been trying to solve the doctor-nurse shortage by boosting quantity and this could lead to a new problem of having too many practitioners in some fields,” said Dr Thinnakorn Noree, secretary of a National Health Workforce Committee sub-panel.
“For example, 69 universities are producing 14,000-15,000 graduates in the public health field per year,” added Thinnakorn, whose sub-panel is tasked with formulating manpower planning recommendations for 2017-2026.
The seminar took place on Monday at the National Health Commission's head office in Nonthaburi province.
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