Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned level of funding per post is for the additional 1,000 medical specialty training posts referred to in the 10 Year Workforce Plan; and how this compares with the current level of funding per post for existing medical specialty training posts.

NHS England is currently in discussions with local National Health Service providers on proposals to expand specialty training posts, with a view to introducing these through an additional recruitment round in 2026.

NHS England has written to NHS Providers on the 30 January setting out an offer of funding. There are a range of funding models used for postgraduate medical training posts in the NHS and NHS England is currently considering the contribution that central and local funding should make for these additional posts, which will be finalised shortly in discussions with providers.