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Doctors: Training

Volume 463: debated on Tuesday 24 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many representations his Department has received from doctors on problems with (a) Modernising Medical Careers and (b) the Medical Training Application Service. (148310)

The Department has received representations concerning the Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) programme.

The Department has also met with many stakeholders. In the light of the widespread concern an independent review of the MMC recruitment and selection process was set up; led by Professor Neil Douglas, vice chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Members of the review group included representatives of the Royal Colleges, the British Medical Association, the four United Kingdom Health Departments and NHS Employers.