Doctors: Education

(asked on 21st April 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the educational backgrounds of doctors.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 27th April 2022

No specific assessment has been made.

The Medical Schools Council’s report ‘Selecting for Excellence’ sets out its work on selection and widening participation, including data on the backgrounds of medical students. The report is available at the following link:

https://www.medschools.ac.uk/our-work/selection/selecting-for-excellence

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