Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 77274
General Practitioners: Training
Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025
Question
Chris Bloore
Labour — Redditch
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to support GPs (a) with professional training and (b) to update their clinical knowledge on the less survivable cancers.
Answer
Karin SmythAll registered doctors in the United Kingdom are expected to meet the professional standards set by the General Medical Council (GMC). In 2012, the GMC introduced revalidation, which supports doctors in regularly reflecting on how they can develop or impr...
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