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Doctors: Training

Commons · Question 82907 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 3 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase the number of specialist training posts for UK doctors and (b) remove barriers to practice for UK-trained doctors returning from overseas.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 3 Nov 2025

The 10-Year Health Plan, published on 3 July, set out that over the next three years, we will create 1,000 new specialty training posts with a focus on specialties where there is the greatest need. The plan also sets out that we will work across Governmen...