Proceeding contribution from Liam Fox (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 16 May 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Armed Forces Covenant.
Armed Forces Covenant
My hon. Friend makes a useful point. We have, of course, been trialling our new website and are looking at examinations at the point when personnel leave the armed forces. One issue that I failed to mention and ought to have done is the need to get better information to GPs. I remember practising as a GP and having absolutely no education—[Interruption.] I meant in the specific, not the generic. I remember that when I first worked with the armed forces as a doctor it came as a surprise to me how little specific training I had had on their particular needs. I hope that that is now being redressed by the British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners, because if the doctors do not know what to look for, they are far more likely to miss the problems.
Secondary information
- Type
- Proceeding contribution
- Reference
- 528 c41-2
- Session
- 2010-12
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Conditions of employment Armed forces Annual reports Council tax Housing Finance IVF Schools Tax allowances Social services Prosthetics Armed forces compensation scheme Military Covenant Task Force Armed forces covenant Veterans
- Link
- View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2023-12-15 16:26:47 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_742687
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_742687
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_742687