Doctors: Employment
Commons · Question 33035 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Melanie Onn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help recently graduated medical students to find employment in the NHS.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 28 Feb 2025
Following completion of a medical degree, United Kingdom medical graduates must complete the Foundation Programme, a two-year work-based programme, to practise as a doctor in the National Health Service. We are committed to ensuring that the number of Fou...