HC Deb 07 February 1978 vol 943 c523W
16. Mrs. Knight

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give assurances that there will be sufficient house officer posts provided in the National Health Service to avoid the threatened unemployment of medical students qualified in 1978.

Mr. Moyle

In the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Brent, South (Mr. Pavitt) on 8th December—[Vol. 940, c.862–3.]—I described the measures my Department was taking to ensure that there will be sufficient posts for medical students graduating in 1978 and in subsequent years. Regional health authorities are already well on their way to reaching the targets set for them, and I am confident that there will be enough posts for this summer's graduates.