§ Mr. HumeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the arrangements for determining the number of trainee general practitioners each year; what cash limits are set which would govern the number of trainees; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorThere are no manpower nor budgetary controls which determine the number of doctors training for general practice.
§ Mr. HumeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether Her Majesty's Government have any plans to reduce the number of general practitioner trainees in England and Wales or to alter arrangements regarding duly appointed trainers' recruitment of trainees; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorNo. We have no plans to put controls on the number of doctors training for general practice, or to prescribe the standards by which trainers in general practice select their trainees.