There is a consultation taking place to decide which vocational qualifications should be retained - after complaintsthat there were too many insubstantial qualifications, which carried little weight with employers.
The figures are taken from a larger survey of GP complaints which shows that 1, 701 members asked the MDU for help withcomplaints last year, three times as many as when the procedure was first introduced in 1996 when just 557 complaints were notified.
Many believe that quality of care has suffered, primarily as a result of poor access, with the complaintsthat elderly patients sometimes not receiving proper care that they are entitled to receive.