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Jayne Evans has completed four years at medical school in London but says she is still being left in the dark about where her first permanent NHS position will be.

She is one of hundreds of newly-qualified medical students who have not been found a specific job by the NHS yet.

Ms Evans has been given a rough idea of where she will be working - the Trent area, which spans almost all of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire .

Department of Health and Social Care declined to comment and referred the BBC to NHS England .

NHS England has reassured those affected that they will receive a place on a training programme with support available from their foundation schools during the wait.

A spokesperson said they will continue to work closely with foundation schools to get applicants more information about their programmes as soon as possible.