Obviously the cap is imposed by the Treasury. I dunno, it just doesn't seem to be a department that lives in the real world.
It seems to be a department that lives in a world of IFS compliant spreadsheets.
I don’t think it is - had a conversation a while back with a colleague who worked in Healthcare admissions at a uni and they said the limiting factor was the number of training placements available.
Limited not because of finance but because you have a learner delivering clinical treatment who needs close observation and guidance. There’s only so many each ward can support.