questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration his Department has given to introducing transitional arrangements for the implementation of UK graduate prioritisation in medical specialty recruitment for the 2025–26 recruitment cycle; and whether he will review the decision to assess applicants’ immigration or settlement status at the point of application rather than at the point of job offer, in cases where applicants will have Indefinite Leave to Remain by the time offers are made.
answerText: The Government does not plan to introduce transitional arrangements for the implementation of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill.For 2026 specialty training posts we have used immigration status as a reasonable proxy for National Health Service ex...
heading: Medicine: Recruitment