Julian Brazier – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julian Brazier on 2014-05-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the General Medical Council about the pre-signing of abortion certificates since January 2012.

Jane Ellison

Departmental officials have met with the General Medical Council (GMC) on several occasions since February 2012 where abortion issues, including pre-signing of abortion HSA1 certificates, were discussed. In addition, I also met with the GMC recently to discuss abortion issues.