§ 54. Mr. Edelmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he has established criteria to assess the relative value of medical qualifications possessed by overseas doctors who practise or seek to practise in this country.
§ Mr. AlisonThe recognition of overseas medical qualifications for registration to practise in this country is a matter for the General Medical Council; the council is in the course of reviewing its arrangements for registration of overseas qualified doctors. If they intend to enter National Health Service hospital employment overseas doctors are also subject to a period of assessment under a clinical attachment scheme unless they are in an exempt category.