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Written question asked by Jonathan Ashworth (Labour) on Friday, 11 November 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 November 2016 (named day). It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 November 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Paediatrics: Training

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for paediatrics were (a) commissioned and (b) filled in each of the last five years.

Answer

The following figures are produced by the Health Education England Oriel recruitment system and are for England. Oriel has only been in operation for the last three years and the Department does not have access to any comprehensive data collected by local regional teams prior to this.

Year

Commissions

Filled

Core Psychiatry CT1 2016

425

404

Core Psychiatry CT1 2015

419

362

Core Psychiatry CT1 2014

423

354

Paeds ST1 2016

379

351

Paeds ST1 2015

373

359

Paeds ST1 2014

376

374

Source: Oriel

Note: The figures for Paediatrics are for ST1 only (which is general paediatrics). There are other paediatric specialties that are entered into in later years of speciality training.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
52580
Session
2016-17
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Training Paediatrics
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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