Question follow-through · 14237
Ophthalmology: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many training places there were for ophthalmology in the NHS in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many training places there were for ophthalmology in the NHS in each of the last five years.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
The following table shows the number of doctors in training in the ophthalmology specialty in England, in each of the last five years:YearNumbers of doctors in training in the ophthalmology specialty group201955820205632021563202258320235922024610Source: ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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