Written question asked by Stuart Andrew (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 July 2026. It was answered by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Thursday, 16 July 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

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Medicine: British Students Abroad

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for each UK Foundation Programme reserve-list allocation round held in 2026, how many applicants were allocated a place in that round from (a) the total pool of non-prioritised applicants, (b) Queen Mary University of London Malta, (c) Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia and (d) the City St George’s, University of London medical programme delivered in Cyprus; and how many applicants in each category remained without an allocation after that round.

Answer

The allocation of reserve list applicants to foundation schools is still on-going. The UK Foundation Programme Office published an update on 3 July detailing two further reserve-list allocation rounds which will take place on 15 July and 29 July respectively. The update on the reserve-list allocations is available at the following link:

https://foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/ukfp-2026-reserve-allocation-update/

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

14816

Session

2026-27

Subjects

Doctors Higher education Medicine Training British students abroad

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk