Anaesthetics: Training
Commons · Question 85551 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Lizzi Collinge
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of funded anaesthetic specialty training places over the next three years.
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. We will set out next steps in due course.