Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 102829

Medicine: Graduates

Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Catherine West

LabourHornsey and Friern Barnet

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support all medical graduates to access employment.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Last year, all eligible medical applicants were offered a place on the UK Foundation Programme, which provides medical graduates with employment as a doctor and which continues of their training. The 10-Year Health Plan for England, published in July 2025...

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