HC Deb 22 May 1972 vol 837 cc302-3W
Mr. Delargy

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will require that foreign medical practitioners who come to Great Britain to practise in the National Health Service should pass a test in knowledge of the English language.

Mr. Alison

Most immigrant doctors are seeking hospital employment and must, unless they are in a category exempted from this requirement, undertake successfully a period of attachment to a hospital including an assessment of their use of English in clinical situations.