Question follow-through · 36132
Doctors: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prioritise British medical graduates for medical posts in the NHS.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
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- Nurses: Nottinghamshire · 27 Mar 2025
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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
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prioritise British medical graduates for medical posts in the NHS.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2025
Answer published
There is no obligation on employers to prioritise British nationals before foreign nationals for medical posts in the National Health Service. Internationally educated staff remain an important part of the workforce, and our Code of Practice for Internati...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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