Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33035

Doctors: Employment

Tabled: 24 February 2025

Answered: 28 February 2025

Question

Melanie Onn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help recently graduated medical students to find employment in the NHS.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Following completion of a medical degree, United Kingdom medical graduates must complete the Foundation Programme, a two-year work-based programme, to practise as a doctor in the National Health Service. We are committed to ensuring that the number of Fou...

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