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Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the number of people waiting for medical training between foundation level and speciality training.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
10 Feb 2025
Answer
12 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the number of people waiting for medical training between foundation level and speciality training.

  2. 10 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    We continue to work with NHS England to keep the selection process for all applicants to medical speciality training under review. We are committed to ensuring that the number of medical specialty training places meets the demands of the National Health S...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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