§ Major N. Macphersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many medical students were admitted to the four universities in 1928, 1933, 1938, and in subsequent years; how many qualified in each of those years in medical degree examinations; and how many licentiates were admitted.
§ Mr. Westwood:The following is the available information:
MEDICAL EDUCATION—SCOTLAND. Year Medical students entering Scottish Universities. Graduates. Licentiates. 1928 477 325 124 1933 450* 393 96 1938 553* 523 206 1939 † 553 239 1940 † 507 219 1941 † 469 137 1942 528 451 128 1943 540 498 114 1944 534 503 118 1945 573 452 134
*Partly estimated. † Not available.Notes: (I) The figures of students, for 1928 and 1933, are taken from a return made by Universities to the General Medical Council; for later years they are taken from returns made to the Department of Health in connection with the quota restrictions on admission of medical students to reservation from national service during the war. The figures of graduates and licentiates are taken from returns from examining bodies to the General Medical Council.
(2) More than 95 per cent. of the licentiates received their training not at Universities but at the extra-mural medical schools in Glasgow and Edinburgh. These members also include a few practitioners with a foreign medical qualification who became licentiates after one year's training in Scotland.