Health and Social Care To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many student specialist dermatologists there were in each of the last 10 years for which data is available. Department of Health and Social Care Dermatology 17 false Biography information for Michael Fabricant Michael Fabricant Lichfield 2019-02-15 2019-02-25T17:05:00.567Z Wimbledon Stephen Hammond false 2019-02-25 Biography information for Stephen Hammond <p>The number of doctors in dermatology specialty training programmes in England is shown in the following table. Data is not available for years prior to 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Number of doctors in dermatology specialty training at March of each year in England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year in training</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of dermatology trainees</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Published General Medical Council (GMC) data</p><p> </p><p>Doctors wishing to enter specialty training in the United Kingdom need to have completed an undergraduate medical degree and two years of foundation training, after which they can enter a six-year specialty training programme. This comprises of one of three two-year core training programmes (Core Medical Training, Acute Care Common Stem in Acute Medicine or Level 1 Paediatric training), followed by four years of dermatology training, and upon successful completion they can gain registration with the GMC as a specialist doctor.</p><p> </p><p>The data in the table is specific to years three to six of this training pathway.</p> 1 House of Commons 221977 Health and Social Care Department of Health and Social Care Health and Social Care Health and Social Care Michael Fabricant Lichfield false 1 2019-02-25T17:42:26.037Z Winchester Steve Brine false 2019-02-25 Biography information for Steve Brine <p>The information is unavailable in the format requested.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were treated by consultant dermatologists for skin diseases in (a) the last 12 months for which data are available, (b) 2014 and (c) 2009. Dermatology 2019-02-15 221978 17 Health and Social Care Lichfield 17 Michael Fabricant false To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of professional training places for medical graduates wishing to specialise in dermatology; and if he will make a statement. 221979 Dermatology 2019-02-25T17:03:52.88Z Wimbledon Stephen Hammond false 2019-02-25 <p>The number of medical specialty training places that are available each year is set by Health Education England (HEE) and based on their assessment of service gaps and predicted workforce needs.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the HEE National Recruitment Office shows that there has been a 100% fill rate in dermatology specialty training in each of the past six years. The numbers of training places available in each year since 2013, the earliest available data, are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total national training numbers</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: ST3 recruitment website: <a href="https://www.st3recruitment.org.uk/specialties/dermatology" target="_blank">https://www.st3recruitment.org.uk/specialties/dermatology</a></p><p> </p><p>Note: Data includes England, Scotland and Wales</p> 1 Department of Health and Social Care 2019-02-15 Health and Social Care 3 1 10 0