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<p>It is the responsibility of the General Medical Council and the Nursing and Midwifery
Council, in setting the outcomes that medical and nursing students need to achieve
through their training, to ensure it is reflective of the knowledge and experience
needed to support and advise the patients they see.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education
England (HEE) has responsibility for ensuring the NHS in England has the workforce
it requires in the right numbers, in the right place and with the right skills. HEE,
together with regulators and Royal Colleges, ensures undergraduate and post graduate
curriculum meets the needs of all patients.</p><p> </p><p>HEE are also working with
stakeholders to support the awareness raising of the mental health needs of the LGBT
community. HEE’s competency frameworks, published on 10 October, on suicide recognised
that the LGBT community are a high-risk group and there is need for specific suicide
prevention interventions to be targeted at this group of people.</p><p> </p>
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