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Medical Students

Volume 76: debated on Wednesday 3 April 1985

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his policy regarding hospitals accepting students from American medical schools for training purposes; whether such entry can occur with lower entry requirements than for British students; if capacity for British students to occupy National Health Service training places is reduced as a result; and if he will make a statement.

We are committed to providing National Health Service clinical training facilities for undergraduates students admitted to British medical schools under criteria set by academic authorities. We have no responsibility for students from other medical schools with unknown entry requirements. However, we

Marital status1979198019811982
thousandsper cent.thousandsper cent.thousandsper cent.thousandsper cent.
Lone mother89888989
Single16181919
Widowed16141413
Divorced34353738
Separated21211919
Lone father11121111
Total840870900930
The percentage distributions according to marital status are derived from the general household survey by averaging the results for three years, centred on the year indicated.

would expect health authorities involved in any such arrangements to observe the overriding obligations of patient care and certainly not to incur any additional costs on public funds. We have no present reason to suppose that undergraduate students from British medical schools have been deprived of appropriate clinical training, but we shall monitor the situation.