§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many doctors are currently licensed to practise medicine in the United Kingdom; and, of these, how many are entitled to do so on the strength of foreign rather than full British qualifications.
§ Sir George YoungAt 1 January 1981, 109,842 medical practitioners were fully registered and 4,278 were provisionally registered by the General Medical Council to practise medicine in the United Kingdom. No breakdown of these by place of qualification is available. At the same date, 5,308 doctors were included in the GMC's register of medical practitioners with limited registration, all of whom held qualifications gained overseas.