AQW 42270/22-27

Mr Philip McGuigan
Sinn Féin
North Antrim

Tabled Date: 11/03/2026
Answered On Date: 30/03/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any mandatory training doctors undertaking postgraduate training or professional development must complete.

Answer:

All Health and Social Care (HSC) employees, including resident doctors in postgraduate training, are required to complete the below mandatory training modules:

Equality, Diversity & Inclusivity

Manual Handling

Fire Safety

Information Governance, including GDPR

Cyber Security Awareness

Fraud Awareness

In addition to these HSCwide modules, Trusts have also identified Mandatory Training and Induction modules to meet clinical governance requirements. This list is not exhaustive, and individual Trusts may identify additional requirements. Agreed modules include:

Safe Handover

IRMER (Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations)

Consent

Death Certification

Contacting the Coroner

Safe Insulin Prescribing

Infection Control

Child Protection

Hyponatraemia

Mental Capacity Act Training

Right Patient, Right Blood

National Early Warning Score (NEWS)

Resuscitation

Each Royal College or Faculty can also determine additional specialty-specific courses or training requirements, which are incorporated into the relevant GMCapproved curricula.