Question follow-through · 121818
Surgery: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) NHS England, (b) the Royal Colleges and (c) the Joint Committee on Surgical Training on the future of Training Interface Group fellowships.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) NHS England, (b) the Royal Colleges and (c) the Joint Committee on Surgical Training on the future of Training Interface Group fellowships.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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25 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Department and NHS England regularly engage with a wide range of stakeholders on issues relating to medical education and training.NHS England made the decision in 2025 to discontinue central funding of the salary support component of the Training Int...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Surgery: Training
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the withdrawal of national funding and coordination for Training Interface Group fellowships on the future workforce of surgeons t
Surgery: Training
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has plans to replace Training Interface Group fellowships with an alternative national training pathway for surgeons specialising in complex multidisciplinary fields such as