§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those university teaching hospitals, medical colleges and other institutions involved in the training of medical doctors, indicating which of them include in their courses training in attention deficit disorder. [9017]
§ Mr. MaloneEach university medical school in the United Kingdom is responsible for setting its own undergraduate medical curriculum. It does so in the light of recommendations from the education committee of the General Medical Council which has the statutory responsibility for determining the skills and knowledge required for the granting of primary medical qualifications in the UK. Information on each medical school's curriculum is not available centrally.
The medical royal colleges are responsible for determining the content of postgraduate and continuing medical education programmes for qualified doctors. The Royal College of Psychiatrists is currently responsible for accreditation of postgraduate training schemes in child psychiatry and aims to ensure that all trainee psychiatrists receive a broad training in all relevant assessment and treatment interventions which would include the assessment and management of attention deficit disorder.