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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...