Written questions

Doctors: Unemployment

2026-06-25 · Department of Health and Social Care · 13605 · Official question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of doctors with full General Medical Council registration and a licence to practise who are (a) unemployed and (b) underemployed while seeking su

Answer

The Department has made no assessment of the number of General Medical Council licenced doctors who are unemployed or underemployed while seeking substantive National Health Service medical posts.