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Baroness Gerada (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 February 2026

Debate

Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill

Contribution

My Lords, as probably the only person in this Chamber who has headed up a royal college not once but twice—the Royal College of General Practitioners—I feel the urge just to defend them and correct what is been said three times in this Chamber. The royal colleges set the standards and the curriculum; they do not oversee workforce planning, funding, or what the actual training looks like once you get into an organisation. I have to correct those speakers by saying that that is not the job of the Royal College of GPs. I do not disagree that there needs to be reform; absolutely, it is a complete mess—

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