General Practitioners: Mental Health Services
Commons · Question 22532 · Tabled 7 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Allison Gardner
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
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 14 Jan 2025
The 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...