asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is their assessment of recent changes to the immigration rules requiring overseas doctors already in training in the United Kingdom to apply for work permits.[HL6051]

The Department of Health worked with the Home Office to put in place transitional arrangements. Those doctors and dentists offered a relevant training programme before the changes were announced have the opportunity to complete that programme.

Overseas doctors and dentists will still be able to come and train in the United Kingdom. They will now need to meet the requirements of an employment category of the immigration rules—such as the work permit requirements—in line with the immigration rules for other professions.