Question follow-through · 113067
Health Professions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned level of funding per post is for the additional 1,000 medical specialty training posts referred to in the 10 Year Workforce Plan; and how this compares with the current level of fu
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2026 · 34 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned level of funding per post is for the additional 1,000 medical specialty training posts referred to in the 10 Year Workforce Plan; and how this compares with the current level of fu
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2026
Answer published
NHS England is currently in discussions with local National Health Service providers on proposals to expand specialty training posts, with a view to introducing these through an additional recruitment round in 2026.NHS England has written to NHS Providers...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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