Breakdown of Foreign-trained Doctors Registered as New Medical Practitioners in Last Five Years

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.