Question follow-through · 2417
Medicine: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of medical training places in Cheshire and Merseyside.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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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
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of medical training places in Cheshire and Merseyside.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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1 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government committed in the 10-Year Health Plan to create 1,000 new specialty training posts over the next three years with a focus on specialties where there is the greatest need. Further information on which specialties and regions will receive thes...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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