Question follow-through · 34978

NHS: Recruitment

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.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 3 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 5 Mar 2025
Answer: 10 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
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.
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2025
Answer published
The number of British nationals who accepted medical specialty training posts in 2024 was 8,017, and the number of non-British nationals accepting posts was 5,882. The number of applicants trained outside of the United Kingdom who were rejected at differe...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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