The Executive undertakes a numberof actions to ensure that the output from our further and higher educationinstitutions is appropriate to the workforce needs of NHSScotland. For example:the annual student nurse intake planning exercise undertakes thisresponsibility in respect of nurses and midwives and has resulted in year onyear increases to the number of student nurses and midwives in training; wehave provided funding for additional student places in areas such as radiographyand speech and language therapy, and are working in partnership with higher educationinstitutions, NHSScotland and the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council to support moretherapists in training; steps have been taken to increase dental undergraduateplaces to secure an increased annual output of 130 dental graduates; and areview of basic medical education in Scotland has been commissioned and is expectedto make recommendations shortly on numbers of medical students.In general terms, the processfor assessing the undergraduate intakes and outputs required to supplyNHSScotland with the many different types of healthcare professionals it needsis complex.