Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many UK-trained doctors are currently practising in the UK; how many UK-trained doctors are currently practising overseas; and how many UK-trained doctors left the NHS in each of the past 10 years before pension age.

In 2021 the General Medical Council reported that there were 178,173 doctors registered with them who are licenced to practice in the United Kingdom and whose primary medical qualification was from the UK. This data though does not identify if those doctors are practicing at a given point in time. However, the data will include doctors working in the National Health Service as well as those working for private providers across the UK.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development data reported that in 2020, around 13,400 UK trained doctors were reported as practicing in foreign countries. There are likely more than this because it excludes countries such as the United States of America who have not returned data in recent years.

The Department does not hold data on UK trained doctors who are leaving the NHS before pension age.