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Health Professions: Regulation

Asked by Daisy CooperLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 27 June 2025UIN 60872

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 56880 on Health Professions: Regulation, whether the consultation expected by the end of this year will be open to submissions from Members of Parliament and the public.

Answered by Karin Smyth

We are aiming to commence consultation on a draft legislative framework for the General Medical Council by the end of this year. This will be a statutory three-month public consultation which anyone will be able to respond to, including Members of Parliament and the public.

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