A question on #Doctors #Recruitment tabled by Sorcha Eastwood on 14-07-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Doctors: Recruitment
Question ID: 1822739
UIN: 67626
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-14
Asking Member ID: 5125
Asking Member display name: Sorcha Eastwood
Asking Member handle: SorchaEastwood
Asking Member Twitter reference: @SorchaEastwood
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the (a) fairness and (b effectiveness of the Foundation Programme allocation process.
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Date answered: 2025-08-08
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Is correcting answer: false
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: NHS England is due to review the Foundation Programme allocation process. The review is aiming to commence in 2026. NHS England will advise stakeholders, including the British Medical Association, on how they can input in due course.As set out in our 10-Y...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true