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Fund more doctor postgraduate training posts in the NHS

Submitted by H Patel on Friday 7th February 2025

Published on Tuesday 25th March 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 25th September 2025

Signatures: 553

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Access ~ Doctor ~ Education ~ failure ~ Forced ~ fund ~ Medic ~ Money ~ NHS ~ plan ~ Severe ~ skills ~ Taxpayer ~ taxpayers ~ The NHS ~ training ~ Unemployment

Petition Action

Fund more doctor postgraduate training posts in the NHS

Petition Details

We call for immediate action to address what we see as a catastrophic failure in postgraduate medical workforce planning, which has left many doctors unable to access training.

Additional Information

Despite severe doctor shortages in the NHS, the number of training posts has not increased to reflect the increasing number of applicants. As a result, many doctors are being forced into unemployment or non-training roles, wasting not only their skills but also taxpayers’ money spent on their education and training. We think this is an inexcusable failure of workforce planning that the public cannot afford.


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