Question follow-through · 27906
Anaesthetics: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doctors applied for core anaesthetic training in each of the last five years; and how many training places were available in the same period.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 31 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
31 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doctors applied for core anaesthetic training in each of the last five years; and how many training places were available in the same period.
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2025
Answer published
The following table shows the number of doctors who applied for training in the Core Anaesthetics programme, as well as how many training places were available across the United Kingdom in each of the last five years:Year20202021202220232024Applications1,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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