Psychiatrists - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:55 pm on 21 October 2019.

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Photo of Lord Ribeiro Lord Ribeiro Conservative 2:55, 21 October 2019

My Lords, two years ago, Sir Simon Wessely, then president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, identified a serious problem with psychiatric recruitment, particularly among trainees as the Minister has mentioned. As it takes five years to get a trainee through to becoming a doctor, and bearing in mind that we are nearing Brexit or the effects of it and that many doctors come from the European Union, what action are the Government taking now to deal with this problem?