Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the number of medical doctors who need to be trained in abortion care each year, to ensure the availability of safe care for all women needing this service.

No assessment has currently been made centrally of the number of medical doctors who need to be trained in abortion care each year. The President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has initiated a programme of work to increase the number of doctors trained to provide abortion treatment and care and is working with the Department and other national organisations.