Question follow-through · 14631

Resident Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased resident doctor training places on regional workforce levels, including in underserved and rural areas.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 30 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 2 Jul 2026
Answer: 10 Jul 2026 · 10 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

30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased resident doctor training places on regional workforce levels, including in underserved and rural areas.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2026
Answer published
On 29 June 2026, the British Medical Association’s Resident Doctors Committee announced that their membership had voted to accept an offer from the Government to resolve their dispute on pay and jobs.The deal for resident doctors includes the introduction...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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