§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what additional increase would be necessary in the number of medical students by 1981 so as to make it unnecessary for the National Health Service to rely on the use of doctors from developing countries.
§ Sir K. JosephTo specify a figure would entail estimating the need for doctors, and the numbers who would retire, die, or migrate into and out of the country up to the later 1980s when students entering courses in 1981 would qualify. It is not possible to be specific so far ahead.