Health secretary Wes Streeting has announced a new Bill to prioritise UK medical graduates for NHS training.

The Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill implements the commitment in the 10 Year Plan for Health to put homegrown talent at the front of the queue for medical training posts.

It will prioritise graduates from UK medical schools and other priority groups over applicants from overseas during the current application round and in all subsequent years.

For the UK Foundation Programme, the Bill will require that places are allocated to UK medical graduates and those in a priority group before they are allocated to other eligible applicants.

For posts starting this year there must be prioritisation at the offer stage – and for training posts starting from 2027, prioritisation will apply at both the shortlisting and offer stages.