Ms He Ting Ru asked 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.
Mr Ong Ye Kung: 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.
Ministry of Health
20 October 2022
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