Parliamentary QA
Annual number of foreign-trained doctors registered as new medical practitioners in Singapore
20 October 2022
This article has been migrated from an earlier version of the site and may display formatting inconsistencies.
NOTICE PAPER NO. 1455
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 20 OCTOBER 2022
Name and Constituency of Member of ParliamentMs He Ting RuMP for Sengkang GRC
Question No. 2306
To ask the Minister for Health (a) in the last five years, what has been the annual number of foreign-trained doctors who are registered as new medical practitioners in Singapore; and (b) how many of these doctors are practising family medicine, broken down into (i) Singapore citizens (ii) permanent residents and (iii) non-residents.
Answer
Over the last five years, there were 2,780 foreign-trained doctors newly registered in Singapore. Of these, 274 are currently on the Family Physicians Register, comprising 116 Singapore Citizens, 133 Permanent Residents and 25 Non-Residents.