Lord Touhig – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Touhig on 2015-11-10.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any plans to increase the number of military doctors working less than full-time.

Earl Howe

While there are currently no plans to increase the numbers of military doctors, there are plans to provide a limited number of already serving regular medical officers the opportunity to be employed at reduced levels of obligation, for a number of days worked per year for a bounded period of time.

Applicants will shortly be invited to participate in this Flexible Duties Employment Trial, which is due to commence in early 2016.