Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had on increasing training for GPs by one year to include a compulsory rotation in mental health.

The Department’s Ministers have met Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) on numerous occasions to discuss a variety of issues, including GP training.

Working with the RCGP, Health Education England (HEE) will continue to support the inclusion of compulsory work-based training in mental health (including dementia) in GP training. HEE will also continue to work with the Royal College of Psychiatrists to further enhance bespoke training courses to allow GPs to develop a specialist interest in the care of patients with mental health conditions.