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Surgery: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2023 2023 UK surgical workforce census report compiled by the Royal College of Surgeons, what steps he is taking to expand surgical training capacity in the context of bottlen
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2023 2023 UK surgical workforce census report compiled by the Royal College of Surgeons, what steps he is taking to expand surgical training capacity in the context of bottlen
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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13 Nov 2025
Answer published
The 10-Year Health Plan, published on 3 July, set out that over the next three years we will create 1,000 new specialty training posts with a focus on specialties where there is the greatest need.The plan also sets out that we will work across Government ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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