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Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Bill

As my hon. Friend will appreciate, the new clause says:

“The Secretary of State shall by order make regulations enabling the General Medical Council to ensure that all doctors…have appropriate language skills to communicate effectively”.

I am not prejudging this—I will be interested to hear what the Minister says, if he can take advice on the matter, and of course there is the House of Lords to come—but it may well be that the regulations can identify how my hon. Friend’s points, which I completely understand, can be addressed.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
590 c514 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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