Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75881

Resident Doctors: Training

Tabled: 8 September 2025

Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many UK-trained junior doctors were unable to secure NHS training placements in 2024.

Answer

Karin Smyth

In 2024, 14,620 graduates from United Kingdom medical schools applied for medical specialty training posts. Of these 1,299 were unsuccessful and deemed unappointable in any of their applications. A further 1,476 UK graduates were deemed appointable at int...

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