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Doctors: Training

Asked by Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 11 September 2025UIN 75266

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timetable is for increasing the annual provision of specialty training places for resident doctors.

Answered by Karin Smyth

As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan published in July 2025, over the next three years we will create 1,000 new specialty training posts with a focus on specialties where there is greatest need. We will set out next steps in due course

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