Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of reforming visa regulations to enable more international trainee GPs to remain in the UK after completing their training.

Departmental officials are working with the Home Office to increase the number of practitioner (GP) practices registered as sponsors. NHS England is also improving the service to match newly qualified international GPs with practices in England to enable local planning and direct support to international medical graduates to find a recruiting practice.

NHS England is also increasing awareness with international medical graduates with guidance on preparing to enter the workforce, including applying for roles and visas.