Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 77378

Doctors: Emigration

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)Truro and Falmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of doctors leaving the UK due to a lack of specialty training posts.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department has not made such a specific estimate. Data is published by NHS England on numbers of doctors leaving active service across National Health Service trusts and integrated care boards, but information collected on broad reasons for leaving is...

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