In this way, he underlines, “almost 3,000 new doctors in training would be available, ready immediately to take on conventional tasks during the course as envisaged by job training”. Indeed, there are currently around 40,000 general practitioners on duty but a few thousand would be missing. The new tender, Schembri points out, “with an additional funding of 5 million in the Budget law, should provide for 3,000 places, compared to the 2,800 of the last