Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75266

Doctors: Training

Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timetable is for increasing the annual provision of specialty training places for resident doctors.

Answer

Karin Smyth
As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan published in July 2025, over the next three years we will create 1,000 new specialty training posts with a focus on specialties where there is greatest need. We will set out next steps in due course