Nicholas Soames – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-03-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors have (a) commenced and (b) finished their training in each of the last five years.
Ben Gummer
The table provides figures on a United Kingdom basis for the number of trainees entering further training at Foundation Year 1 (F1) for the last 5 years. However, it should be noted that not all doctors commence their training in the UK at F1, and an accurate figure for these is not available.
|
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
|
7,314 |
7,257 |
7,330 |
7,678 |
7,478 |
The General Medical Council (GMC) issue Certificates of Completion of Training (CCT) to doctors who complete a full GMC approved speciality training programme. The UK figures for the last five years available from the GMC are:
|
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
6,211 |
6,406 |
6,222 |
6,429 |
6,888 |
