Doctors: Migrant Workers
Commons · Question 106186 · Tabled 15 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce alternative (a) training and (b) recruitment schemes for overseas doctors, in the context of changes in funding.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 6 Feb 2026
There are a variety of international postgraduate medical training schemes in operation governed by individual National Health Service trusts, medical royal colleges, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and indirectly, NHS England and the General Medica...