§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, in view of the policy of improving standards of new entrants to the medical profession by mandatory vocational training, why established practitioners are not subject to some form of examination or surveillance every four to five years.
§ Dr. VaughanRequirements for mandatory vocational training apply to doctors who wish to enter practice as general practitioner principals in the National Health Service. The standards for registration as a medical practitioner and the maintenance of those standards are matters for the General Medical Council.