RCGP response to Select Committee report into Modernising
Medical Careers (MMC)
8 May 2008
Dr Bill Reith, Chair of the RCGP
Postgraduate Training Board, said:
“We welcome the report of the Select
Committee into Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) and are pleased to
have had the opportunity to submit evidence to the inquiry.
“It has been widely acknowledged that the
selection system for GPs worked well and the RCGP curriculum has
been heralded as the way ahead for GP training. We are now working
with the four Departments of Health across the UK to see how we can
move to the five year training programme that is needed. However,
we are concerned about the plight of international doctors and
share the concerns of the Health Select Committee on how the issue
was addressed.
“We are pleased with the development of the
MMC Programme Board and look forward to working with the Board and
the four Departments of Health to further develop high quality
training programmes across the UK so that we can produce high
quality GPs and improve care for our patients in the future."
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