Mr. Tom Ellisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, in view of his acceptance of the opinion of the Council for Postgraduate Medical Education that training in homoeopathy does not warrant financial support for courses 9W for general practitioners, he will review the position, and in particular appoint a representative of the Faculty of Homoeopathy to the Council.
§ Mr. MoyleI see no reason to disagree with the Council's advice in this matter.
As I said in my reply to my hon. Friend's Question on 15th May—[Vol. 950; c. 48–9]—members other than the chairman are appointed by the Council. It is open to the Faculty of Homoeopathy to make representations to the Council if it wishes to do so.
Mr. Tom Ellisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many consultant homoeopathic physicians, and how many consultant physicians, are actually in charge of homoeopathic hospitals or departments of homoeopathy in National Health Service hospitals.
§ Mr. MoyleI refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave him on 15th May—[Vol. 950; c.46.] Consultants are not in charge of hospitals in the National Health Service; these are the responsibility of area health authorities.