Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from Baroness Merron to Lord Kamall on 19 February (DEP2026-0132), when they plan to announce which medical specialties will receive new posts as part of the planned delivery of 1,000 new specialty training posts over the next three years.

We set out in the 10-Year Health Plan that over the next three years we will create 1,000 new specialty training posts, with a focus on specialties where there is greatest need.

The Government will set out next steps, including how these new posts will be distributed across specialties and regions, in due course.