Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82907

Doctors: Training

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal DemocratChichester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase the number of specialist training posts for UK doctors and (b) remove barriers to practice for UK-trained doctors returning from overseas.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The 10-Year Health Plan, published on 3 July, set out that over the next three years, we will create 1,000 new specialty training posts with a focus on specialties where there is the greatest need. The plan also sets out that we will work across Governmen...

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