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>
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Number of doctors in dermatology specialty training at March of each year in England<\/p>
Year in training<\/p><\/td> | 2012<\/p><\/td> | 2013<\/p><\/td> | 2014<\/p><\/td> | 2015<\/p><\/td> | 2016<\/p><\/td> | 2017<\/p><\/td> | 2018<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||||
Number of dermatology trainees<\/p><\/td> | 193<\/p><\/td> | 193<\/p><\/td> | 192<\/p><\/td> | 201<\/p><\/td> | 199<\/p><\/td> | 201<\/p><\/td> | 206<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: Published General Medical Council (GMC) data<\/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> The data in the table is specific to years three to six of this training pathway.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wimbledon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Hammond"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-25T17:05:00.567Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Dermatology"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/280", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Michael Fabricant"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Lichfield"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Michael Fabricant"} ], "uin" : "221977"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1062078", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1062078/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " 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> 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>
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