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Medicine: Higher Education

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 4 July 2025UIN 62665

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to make more medical school places available for students born in the UK.

Answered by Karin Smyth

We will publish a new workforce plan later this year to deliver a transformed health service, and to ensure we have the right staff in the right place, so the National Health Service can be there for everyone. International staff, including doctors, remain an important part of our workforce. Alongside this, we are also committed to building and increasing our domestic home-grown talent from across all of our communities.

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