AQW 52067/11-16

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 08/12/2015
Answered On Date: 10/02/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (i) to detail how the number of local GP training places available annually compares to (a) England; (b) Scotland; and (c) Wales; and (ii) whether he plans to bring Northern Ireland into parity with other regions of the United Kingdom.

Answer:

The number of GP training places available annually across the United Kingdom is detailed below:

England – 3235 places: one per 16,383 of the population

Wales – 136 places: one per 22,500 of the population

Scotland – 317 places: one per 16,719 of the population

Northern Ireland – 65 places: one per 27,846 of the population.

I have increased the number of available GP training places annually in Northern Ireland to 85, to commence in August 2016. This increases the ration of training places to one per 21,294 of the population.