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 paediatric 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. The following table shows the number of paediatric specialist training posts available in the 2023 and 2024 entry rounds by region:

Specialist training stage one

Specialist training stages three and four

Region

2023 round posts

2024 round posts

2023 round posts

2024 round posts

East Midlands

32

32

14

7

East of England

42

31

6

n/a

Kent, Surrey and Sussex

18

25

n/a

4

London

107

107

24

15

North East

19

19

2

1

North West

47

42

9

8

South West

26

28

18

4

Thames Valley

20

16

4

2

Wessex

14

16

n/a

n/a

West Midlands

36

37

6

2

Yorkshire and the Humber

56

59

18

5

Total

417

412

101

48

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

The table presents the number of posts offered at both specialist training stage one, and at stages three or four. The latter stages mean that the medical professionals will likely have already undertaken at least three or four years of relevant training, or an 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.

Reticulating Splines