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(1)The General Council shall—
(a)establish standards of, and requirements relating to, postgraduate medical education and training, including those necessary for the award of a CCT in general practice and in each recognised specialty;
(b)secure the maintenance of the standards and requirements established under paragraph (a); and
(c)develop and promote postgraduate medical education and training in the United Kingdom.
(2)In exercising their functions under this Part, the main objectives of the General Council, in addition to [F2the over-arching objective], are—
(a)to ensure that the needs of persons undertaking postgraduate medical education and training in each of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are met by the standards the General Council establish under subsection (1)(a) and to have proper regard to the differing considerations applying to different groups of such persons; and
(b)to ensure that the needs of employers and those engaging the services of general practitioners and specialists within the UK health services are met by the standards the General Council establish under subsection (1)(a).
(3)The standards and requirements established under subsection (1)(a) shall be set out in determinations of the General Council.
(4)The standards and requirements established under subsection (1)(a) shall include—
(a)the standards required for entry to training;
(b)the training curricula to be followed in general practice and in each recognised speciality;
(c)the assessment arrangements for persons undertaking education and training in general practice and specialist medical practice;
(d)the assessment arrangements for persons applying to the Registrar for inclusion in the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register who do not hold a CCT;
(e)the outcomes to be achieved by education and training in general practice or specialist medical practice, including the levels of skill, knowledge and expertise to be achieved;
(f)the examinations, assessments and other tests of competence to be completed, whether during or upon completion of a course of education and training in general practice or specialist medical practice; and
(g)any other matters relating to postgraduate medical education and training for general medical practice and specialist practice as the General Council considers appropriate.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 4A inserted (11.2.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/234), art. 1(3)(4), Sch. 1 para. 10; S.I. 2010/478, art. 2(b)
F2Words in s. 34H(2) substituted (3.8.2015) by The General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise and Over-arching Objective) and the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (References to Court) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/794), arts. 1(3), 21(2) (with art. 1(4)); S.I. 2015/1579, art. 2(l)
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