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Doctors: Graduates

Commons · Question 97890 · Tabled 8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Louie French

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the loss of UK-trained medical graduates to (a) alternative careers and (b) emigration.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 8 Jan 2026

On 8 December 2025, the Government put an offer in writing to the British Medical Association Resident Doctors Committee which would put in place emergency legislation in the new year which would prioritise United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland medical g...