Federal budget cuts could gut doctor training at Santa Clara County hospitals, officials say

SWEEPING FEDERAL SPENDING CUTS to Northern California’s largest public hospital system could ripple far beyond Silicon Valley — threatening communities statewide that rely on doctors trained in Santa Clara County.

Public hospitals train 50% of new doctors across California, despite comprising only 6% of the state’s total hospitals, according to statewide data. Santa Clara County’s hospital system, the second largest in the state, accounts for a bulk of that new workforce and trains about 110 doctors a year, according to county leaders.