Doctors: Employment
Commons · Question 48073 · Tabled 24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 May 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Allister
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason graduates of UK medical schools are being given placeholder positions with four to eight weeks’ notice to move to new roles.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 May 2025
Some United Kingdom foundation programme applicants, including some final year UK medical students, have been assigned a placeholder in their allocated foundation school while their foundation posts can be confirmed. The process of confirming posts can ta...