Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the destination of doctors completing Foundation Training in each year since 2010; and whether his Department conducts and annual exit survey of doctors completing that training.

The UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) runs a UK Foundation Year 2 (F2) Career Destinations Survey each year on behalf of the four health departments. It captures the self-reported career intentions of F2 doctors who have completed their foundation training across the United Kingdom.

The questions asked in the survey have evolved over time and since 2013 has collected data on reported career destinations, the proportion of doctors progressing into psychiatry and general practice specialty training, doctors who undertook Medical Royal College exams during F2, the numbers of specialty training and service posts being taken up outside the UK, the percentage of doctors leaving the UK, doctors intending to return within five years and doctors who intend to work less than full time.

The UK Foundation Programme Office reports for 2013-2018 are available online at the following link:

https://foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/resources/reports/