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Doctors: Training

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 27 March 2025UIN 37269

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people starting an (a) F1 and (b) F2 placement were international medical graduates in each deanery in each year since 2015.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The attached table contains information published by the General Medical Council (GMC) on the place of qualification of all foundation programme doctors by their region. The tables cover the period since 2012 and illustrate the increase in international recruitment following decisions taken by the last government in 2020.

This information is available at the following link as part of the GMC’s Data Explorer tool:

https://gde.gmc-uk.org/postgraduate-training/postgraduate-trainees/country-of-primary-medical-qualification

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