Junior Doctors: Training

(asked on 14th May 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many resident doctor gynaecologist training places were offered by each integrated care board in England in 2023–24 and 2024–25.


Answered by
Baroness Merron Portrait
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 4th June 2025

The Department does not hold data on medical specialty training places by integrated care board but is able to present data by National Health Service training region. Data is only available for the combined obstetrics and gynaecology specialist training pathway, as opposed to specifically gynaecology specialist training. The following table shows the number of obstetrics and gynaecology specialist training posts available in the 2023 and 2024 entry rounds by region:

Specialist training stage one

Specialist training stage three

Region

2023 round posts

2024 round posts

2023 round posts

2024 round posts

East Midlands

18

20

24

12

East of England

22

26

6

14

Kent, Surrey and Sussex

23

18

5

4

London

58

52

3

4

North East

15

15

2

1

North West

37

41

2

10

South West

22

16

5

1

Thames Valley

10

16

3

5

Wessex

11

11

3

5

West Midlands

26

27

5

6

Yorkshire and the Humber

27

27

4

13

Total

269

269

62

75

Source: NHS England, available on the NHS.UK website, in an online only format.

The table presents the number of posts offered at both specialist training stages one and three. The latter meaning medical professionals will already have undertaken at least two years of relevant training or equivalent before entry to this later stage of the specialty training programme.

We are committed to training the staff we need to ensure patients are cared for by the right professional, when and where they need it. This is central to the vision in our 10 Year Plan. 

We will ensure that the number of medical specialty training places meets the demands of the NHS in the future. NHS England will work with stakeholders to ensure that any growth is sustainable and focused in the service areas where need is greatest.

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