Vol. 449 No. 4
86 Mr. Leonard asked the Minister for Health his views on the suggestion by a spokesperson for the National Hospital for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Bromsgrave Hospital, Birmingham for exchange of young surgeons for training visits between Ireland and Bromsgrove Hospital, Birmingham. [3942/95]
Limerick East): The question of an exchange of doctors for training purposes is a matter for the training bodies, in this particular case the Irish Surgical Post-Graduate Training Committee and the Joint (UK and Irish) Committee on Higher Surgical Training. As it appears that Bromsgrove Hospital is not accredited for training purposes and that Irish doctors would have nothing to learn there that they would not learn in Irish hospitals, it is difficult to see what rationale could be advanced in support of this suggestion.
