Psychiatrists Debate

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Psychiatrists

Lord Naseby Excerpts
Monday 21st October 2019

(4 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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The long-term plan published on 19 June announced that, by 2023, an extra 345,000 children and young people aged between nought and 25 will receive mental health support via NHS-funded mental health services. That commitment will go a long way to achieving the objective that the noble Baroness addressed.

Lord Naseby Portrait Lord Naseby (Con)
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My Lords, is there not also a problem of retention of young male and female doctors when they qualify? Should we not look at the system in Singapore, where young doctors have to sign on for five years after they qualify? We use that system in our Armed Forces. Is the answer to one of the challenges to look at retention?