Mental Health Services: Young People

(asked on 21st February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that GPs are trained to respond to young people attending an appointment about their mental health.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 2nd March 2020

The curriculum for general practitioner (GP) specialty training is set by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the General Medical Council (GMC) approves the curriculum and assessment systems for the programme. The curriculum integrates the GMC’s generic professional capabilities framework covering the professional behaviours, knowledge and skills that doctors in GP specialty training must demonstrate.

‘The RCGP Curriculum: Being a General Practitioner’ has recently been reviewed and a wide range of conditions are covered in the clinical topic guides.

The National Health Service has identified child health as a key area for education and training in general practice and young people’s mental health is emphasised in the clinical topic guide on children and young people.

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