General Practitioners: Training
(asked on 2nd May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the national GP training curriculum is dedicated to mental health.
This question was answered on 9th May 2018
The Department does not hold information in this format.
The curricula for training to become a general practitioner is set by the Royal College of General Practitioners, to standards set by the General Medical Council. The current curriculum includes a module on the care of people with mental health problems, and sets out competencies relating to mental health in modules on the care of other patient groups.