Written questions

Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers: Training

Commons · Question 30091 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 14 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of available training positions for qualified graduates to become registered biomedical scientists.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 14 Feb 2025

Decisions on the availability of graduate-entry trainee positions to become registered biomedical scientists are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level to ensure they have the right numb...