AQW 5351/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 30/06/2020
Answered On Date: 10/07/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health what additional measures are being put in place to support General Practice to assist with medical training during the forthcoming academic year, particularly with regard to delivering its commitment to support 25 per cent of the new medical curriculum being delivered in General Practice.

Answer:

My Department is providing additional financial resource, via the Supplement for Undergraduate Medical and Dental Education (SUMDE) mechanism to general practices providing medical student places, as the delivery of the QUB Medical School curriculum is progressively recalibrated towards General Practice under its “C25 Programme”.

In addition, my Department has provided funding, commencing in the Academic Year 2020/21, for a pilot project in two GP Federation areas within NI, to enhance the coordination and quality of medical student placements in General Practice.