A question on #Doctors #Training tabled by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Doctors: Training
Question ID: 1807496
UIN: 55929
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 5160
Asking Member display name: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the challenges that medical graduates face in securing positions within medical specialty training programmes.
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Date answered: 2025-06-06
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Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: We are committed to training the staff we need to ensure that patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it.We will ensure that the number of medical specialty training places meets the demands of the National Health Servic...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true