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 trauma and orthopaedics 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 trauma and orthopaedics specialist training posts available in the 2023 and 2024 entry rounds by region:

Region

2023 round posts

2024 round posts

East Midlands

19

11

East of England

18

11

Kent, Surrey and Sussex

15

17

London

20

36

North East

6

8

North West

16

13

South West

13

13

Thames Valley

3

3

Wessex

7

10

West Midlands

13

17

Yorkshire and the Humber

13

14

Total

143

153

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

The table presents the number of posts offered at specialist training stage three, meaning medical professionals will already have undertaken at least two years of relevant core training or equivalent before entry to this 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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