Doctors: Training
Commons · Question 97902 · 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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding domestic training places compared instead of continuing current levels of international recruitment.
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...