Question follow-through · 51224
Doctors: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered reformulating unfilled training posts to enable them to be given to medical students in their second foundation year who have prior experience in the relevant department.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 May 2025
- Answer
- 16 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Medical Treatments and Tofersen · 30 May 2025
- Mental Illness: Training · 5 Jun 2025
- Mental Health Services · 5 Jun 2025
- Ehlers-danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility · 24 Oct 2025
- Hospital Beds: Older People · 30 Jan 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
9 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered reformulating unfilled training posts to enable them to be given to medical students in their second foundation year who have prior experience in the relevant department.
13 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 May 2025
Answer published
There has been no such consideration. Foundation training and medical speciality training involve different responsibilities, expectations, and levels of experience. The two-year foundation programme acts as a bridge between medical school and specialty t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Medical Treatments and Tofersen
30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that variations in local NHS (a) capacity and (b) resourcing of (i) Early Access Programmes and (ii) the availability of tofersen support the reduction
Mental Illness: Training
5 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is provided to healthcare professionals to (a) identify and (b) help tackle the causes of mental distress.
Mental Health Services
5 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the Centre for Social Justice's report entitled Change the Prescription, published in January 20
Ehlers-danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility
24 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to create a pathway for NHS (a) diagnosis and (b) care for (i) hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and (ii) hypermobility spectrum disorders.
Hospital Beds: Older People
30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that older patients are not discharged from hospital prematurely due to bed pressures; and what measures are in place to safeguard patient safety durin
Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what actions he is taking to reduce the length of time older people spend on trolleys in Accident and Emergency departments, including cases where patients wait many hours or days; and what assessm
Community Care: Standards
30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that patients discharged from hospital receive appropriate aftercare and follow-up, particularly older patients at higher risk of complications; and whether h
Health Services: Older People
30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve integration between hospitals, GP practices and district nursing services to streamline care for older patients and prevent long delays in accessing medical asses
Community Care: Older People
30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve coordination between NHS services and local government in providing aftercare and community support for elderly and frail people following discharge f
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to meet the deadline set by the Patient Safety Commissioner for the Government to set out its position on a compensation scheme for people harmed by pelvic mesh
NHS: Broadband
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken an analysis of the mobile connectivity and 5G network infrastructure requirements of the NHS Productivity Plan.
Rhabdomyolysis
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) emerging and (b) under-recognised clinical risks, such as rhabdomyolysis following (i) falls and (ii) immobility, are incorporated into social care