§ Mr. MacKenzieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland which Scottish universities make special courses available to doctors who wish to specialise in the care and treatment of elderly people; and how many students are presently enrolled in such courses.
§ Mr. YoungerAll Scottish medical schools include geriatric medicine in their curriculum and Edinburgh and Glasgow universities have chairs of geriatric medicine. Higher medical training for consultant appointment is the responsibility of the Joint Committee for Higher Medical Training which includes in its composition representatives of the four Royal Colleges of Physicians and of the Association of Clinical Professors of Medicine. At present there is an establishment of 15 posts in Scotland for senior registrars undergoing higher medical training in geriatric medicine.