Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 104266

Doctors: Migrant Workers

Tabled: 8 January 2026
Answered: 9 February 2026

Question

Luke Taylor

Liberal DemocratSutton and Cheam

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the assessments his Department has made on the potential impact of the removal of the Resident Labour Market Test in 2020 on trends in the level of doctors.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department has not made a specific assessment of the impact of the removal of the Resident Labour Market Test in 2020 on trends in the level of doctors.The number of applications to foundation and speciality training has increased over recent years, b...

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