Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 27907

Doctors: Training

Tabled: 31 January 2025
Answered: 10 February 2025

Question

Helena Dollimore

Labour (Co-op)Hastings and Rye

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doctors applied for medical specialty training in each of the last five years; and how many training places were available in the same period.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Doctors undertake two years of foundation training after graduation, which is followed by a choice of core training programmes. Most of those in core training then apply for higher specialty training programmes.For 2024, there were 4,177 applications acro...

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