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Written question asked by James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 14 May 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 May 2026. It was answered by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Thursday, 4 June 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Clinical Psychologists: Training

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of those who have completed NHS funded trainee schemes studying taught doctorate programmes for Clinical Psychologists remain working in the NHS i) after one year, ii) after two years, iii) after five years, iv) after ten years, v) after fifteen years and, vi) after twenty years.

Answer

Clearing house, the centralised application system for postgraduate clinical psychology courses, publishes data on graduate employment rates every year.

For people completing National Health Service training in 2024, of those who returned data, 90.5% were employed as a clinical psychologist, or an equivalent post, within 12 months of graduating. Of those working as clinical psychologists, or an equivalent post, 96.8% were working in the NHS or in other public sector funded posts. Further information is available at the following link:

https://www.clearing-house.org.uk/about-us/graduate-employment

The Department does not hold information on the numbers of clinical psychologists who have undertaken the NHS funded trainee scheme studying the taught doctorate programme who remain in NHS employment at periods of time more than a year post completion.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
1500
Session
2026-27
Subjects
Training Postgraduate education Clinical psychologists
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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