Mr. BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to review future United Kingdom medical manpower.
§ Mr. WaldegraveFollowing my announcement to the Joint Consultants' Committee earlier this year, I am setting up a new standing advisory committee, to advise on the future balance of medical manpower supply and demand in the United Kingdom and to make recommendations as to the appropriate medical school intake.
The Committee's terms of reference will be:
To advise the Secretary of State for Health on future developments in the balance of medical manpower supply and demand in the United Kingdom, taking account of 70W resource assumptions and other guidance which the Secretary of State, in consultation with other Health Ministers, may give to the Committee; andTo make recommendations about the medical school intake including the balance between home and overseas students, and the timing of any changes, taking into account the resources available within the Universities Funding Council's aggregate funding and from overseas students' fees as well as the facilities for clinical students.I have appointed Professor Colin Campbell, Vice Chancellor of Nottingham University, to be the first chairman of the Committee. The membership of the Committee will be announced shortly.