Question follow-through · 92777

Doctors: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many job vacancies there were for (a) Foundation Year 1 doctors, (b) Foundation Year 2 doctors and (c) specialty training posts in (i) England and (ii) Suffolk NHS region at the most recent dat

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
24 Nov 2025
Answer
28 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many job vacancies there were for (a) Foundation Year 1 doctors, (b) Foundation Year 2 doctors and (c) specialty training posts in (i) England and (ii) Suffolk NHS region at the most recent dat

  2. 24 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Department does not hold information on the number of vacancies for Foundation Year 1, Foundation Year 2, or specialty training posts in England or in the Suffolk National Health Service region.NHS England collects and publishes data relating to the f...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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