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NHS: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the career experience of British nationals and foreign nationals are compared when NHS providers are considering residency applications.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Feb 2025
Target answer date
3 Mar 2025
Answer
17 Mar 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the career experience of British nationals and foreign nationals are compared when NHS providers are considering residency applications.

  2. 3 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The decision to remove the Resident Labour Market Test for doctors in 2020 has meant that more international medical graduates have also been able to apply for speciality training places, increasing the number of candidates for roles.Residencies, or speci...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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NHS: Recruitment

3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) British nationals, and (b) foreign nationals were given residency positions in each year since 2020.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Recruitment

3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many domestically trained applicants were accepted for residency positions with NHS providers in each year since 2020.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Recruitment

3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applicants trained abroad were accepted for residency positions with NHS providers in each year since 2020.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Recruitment

3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applicants trained abroad were rejected for residency positions with NHS providers in each year since 2020.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ambulance Services: East of England

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ambulance Services: Standards

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Buildings

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) sources and (b) levels were of carbon emissions for NHS buildings in England in each year since 2015.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Buildings

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost of energy bills were for NHS buildings in each year since 2015.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Buildings

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much he expects average energy bills to be for NHS buildings in each year between 2025 and 2030.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Buildings

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many smart meters have been installed in NHS buildings in each year since 2015.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Buildings

25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many smart meters he expects to be installed in NHS buildings in each year between 2025 and 2030.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS Trusts: Electric Vehicles

26 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of NHS trusts that have spent funding on (a) installing charge points and (b) upgrading the local distribution network in each year since 2015.