Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 114211

Medicine: Training

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Nadia Whittome

LabourNottingham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill on British citizens who have already commenced undergraduate medical degrees overseas o

Answer

Karin Smyth
Subject to the parliamentary passage of the bill, British citizens who have graduated from medical schools outside of the United Kingdom will not be prioritised for foundation training places if they spent the majority of their time studying outside the B...

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