Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33124

Doctors: Recruitment

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 28 February 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the recruitment of domestic medical graduates from UK universities into the National Health Service.

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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