Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 61597

Medicine: Students

Tabled: 20 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025

Question

Juliet Campbell

LabourBroxtowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide final year medical students assigned placeholder jobs with clarity on where they will begin working as doctors in August 2025.

Answer

Karin Smyth
We are aware that there is a delay in NHS England allocating some foundation year one doctors their programme details and work schedules. We have asked NHS England to urgently tackle this issue. We know there is more to do and NHS England is working to en...

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