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Doctors: Training

Commons · Question 75465 · Tabled 5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 11 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of specialty training posts for UK-trained doctors.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 11 Sep 2025

As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan published in July, over the next three years we will create 1,000 new speciality training posts with a focus on specialities where there is greatest need.The 10-Year Health Plan also set out that we will work across g...