Doctors: Recruitment
Commons · Question 78034 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to promote the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of UK medical graduates over international applicants.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 17 Oct 2025
British doctors who obtained their medical degree abroad need to meet the requirements of the General Medical Council, the independent regulator of the medical profession, to practise medicine in the United Kingdom. These doctors are then able to apply fo...