questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 on the eligibility of British citizens studying medicine at UK-accredited overseas campuses for NHS Foundation Year 1 posts; whether he has made an assessment of the consistency of eligibility criteria applied to different UK-accredited international medical training pathways; and whether he plans to introduce transitional arrangements for students who enrolled before the implementation of the Act.
answerText: Under the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026, graduates of United Kingdom medical schools will be prioritised for foundation training places, but not if they spent the majority of the time training for that qualification outside the British Island...
heading: Medicine: British Students Abroad