Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 119628

Doctors: Training

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

John Grady

LabourGlasgow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Portfolio Pathway system for qualification as consultants.

Answer

Karin Smyth
No assessment has been made by the Department of the effectiveness of the Portfolio Pathway route to professional registration for overseas qualified specialist medical practitioners and general practitioners or the availability of portfolio assessors. Th...

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