Defence Medical Services: Training
Commons · Question 65590 · Tabled 7 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that all Defence Medical Services medical officers undertaking Foundation Year (a) 1 and (b) 2 training within NHS hospitals receive (i) high-
Answer
Answered by Al Carns, 14 Jul 2025
Defence Medical Services (DMS) medical officers undertake Foundation Programme training within NHS hospitals as Phase 0 Trainees prior to initial (Phase 1 and 2) military training. This is to allow DMS medical officers to develop their clinical and profes...