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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1974
UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS: GOVERNOR SOUNDS NOTE OF CAUTION
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY WARNED AGAINST UNDER-ESTIMATING THE COMPLEXITY OF SOME OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE CASE OF THE NON-COMMONWEALTH MEDICAL GRADUATES.
THE SUBJECT HAD AROUSED LIVELY PUBLIC INTEREST, HE NOTED, BUT +WE SHOULD NOT UNDER-ESTIMATE THE COMPLEXITY OF SOME OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED HOWEVER SIMPLY AND FORCEFULLY THEY MAY BE ARGUED BY THEIR PROTAGONISTS.+
HE EMPHASISED: +WHAT WE NEED NOW IS AUTHORITATIVE UNBIASED
SIR MURRAY WAS CONFIDENT ADVICE ON WHICH THE COMMUNITY CAN RELY.+ THAT THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT COULD BE EXPECTED FROM SIR RONALD HOLMES AND HIS WORKING PARTY WHICH IS NOW EXAMINING THE ISSUE.
ON THE MEDICAL WHITE PAPER PUBLISHED IN JULY, SIR MURRAY SAID THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME LAID DOUN IN IT, HAD BEEN PREPARED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO GO FORWARD IN AN ORDERLY SERIES OF PROGRESSIVE AND INTER-RELATED STEPS YEAR BY YEAR, WITH EACH STEP COSTED AND GIVEN ITS PRIORITY.
+THE SCALE OF THIS PROGRAMME HAS BEEN BASED ON THE BEST ASSESSMENT NOW POSSIBLE OF THE RESOURCES LIKELY TO BE AVAILABLE. IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO REGULAR REVIEW EACH YEAR STARTING IN 1975,+ HE EXPLAINED.
APART FROM INDICATING WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HOPED TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE, HE CONTINUED, THE PLAN ALSO PROVIDES GUIDELINES WITHIN WHICH FLEXIBILITY CAN BE APPLIED ACCORDING TO RATIONAL PRIORITIES IF NECESSARY, AND IF MORE OR LESS RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE THAN SEEM LIKELY NOW, OR IF THE NEEDS OF THE HEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES CHANGE, AS TO SOME EXTENT THEY ARE BOUND TO DO OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD.
THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THE PROPOSALS IN THE WHITE PAPER TOGETHER WITH THE ACCOMPANYING WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE, PROVIDED A +REALISTIC AND FORWARD LOOKING+ FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH CO- ORDINATED PROGRESS HAD BEEN CHARTED OVER THE NEXT DECADE.
HE PAID WARM TRIBUTE TO SIR ALBERT RODRIGUES AND THE MEDICAL
HE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE WORK THEY PUT IN. ALSO THANKED THE PUBLIC AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL BODIES FOR THEIR COMMENTS AND ADVICE.
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