Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the General Medical Council's licensing rules to increase the general supply of doctors in public hospitals.

The General Medical Council (GMC) is consulting on proposals to introduce a United Kingdom Medical Licensing Assessment. This consultation closes in April. The Department will consider whether changes to the GMC’s rules are required in light of the outcome of the consultation.