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Medicine: British Students Abroad

Commons · Question 53181 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 2 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing British students who obtain a medical degree abroad to be treated the same as domestic students when applying for jobs in the N

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 2 Jun 2025

Subject to their registration status, British students who have obtained a medical degree abroad are able to apply for jobs in the National Health Service on the same basis as United Kingdom medical graduates.Following completion of a medical degree, in o...