Doctors: Graduates
Commons · Question 92219 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the number of medical graduates who have been unable to secure training scheme posts in the last three years.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 22 Dec 2025
Upon entering the National Health Service after graduation, medical students enter a two-year period of foundation programme placements. The United Kingdom Foundation Programme Office has successfully allocated foundation programme places to all eligible ...