Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 22532
General Practitioners: Mental Health Services
Tabled: 7 January 2025
Answered: 14 January 2025
Question
Dr Allison Gardner
Labour — Stoke-on-Trent South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of trainee GPs who undertake specialist training in mental health.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe standard of medical training is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC), which is an independent statutory body. The GMC has the general function of promoting high standards of education and co-ordinating all stages of education to ens...
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