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Anaesthetics: Training

Asked by Lizzi CollingeLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 November 2025UIN 85551

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of funded anaesthetic specialty training places over the next three years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The 10-Year Health Plan, published on 3 July, set out that over the next three years we will create 1,000 new specialty training posts with a focus on specialties where there is the greatest need. We will set out next steps in due course.

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