Question follow-through · 118412
Medicine: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical students graduated from UK universities in each of the last five years; and how many doctors completed foundation training in each of the last five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
- NHS: Working Hours · 16 Mar 2026
- Health Services: Women · 24 Mar 2026
- Health Services: Pupils · 13 May 2026
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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
5 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical students graduated from UK universities in each of the last five years; and how many doctors completed foundation training in each of the last five years.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Mar 2026
Answer published
Data published by the General Medical Council (GMC) provides information on the number of doctors with a United Kingdom Primary Medical Qualification (PMQ) by year. The following table shows the number of doctors graduating from UK medical schools in each...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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