Surgical Instruments (Hansard, 8 January 2002)

HC Deb 08 January 2002 vol 377 c652W 652W

§ Mr. Burns
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to introduce standardised, mandatory training for(a) doctors and (b) surgeons in the use of re-usable surgical instruments. [24634]

§ Mr. Hutton
The Specialist Training Authority (STA) of the medical Royal Colleges is the com petent authority responsible for specialist medical training within the United Kingdom. Working with the individual medical Royal Colleges, the STA approves the curriculum for training in each specialty.