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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/344",
  "legislation_title": "The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training (Amendment) Order of Council 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postgraduate-medical-education-and-training-amendment-order-of-council-2012",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order substitutes the Schedule to the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Order of Council 2010 (S.I.2010/473). The Schedule lists the specialties recognised by the United Kingdom.\nThe substituted Schedule—\n(a) adds diagnostic neuropathology, forensic histopathology, paediatric and perinatal pathology, and vascular surgery as recognised specialties;\n(b) in accordance with Council Directive 2005/36 EC it includes an entry for histopathology (which requires a minimum training period of four years);\n(c) specifies a minimum training period of five years for medical oncology;\n(d) specifies a minimum training period of fours years for clinical genetics;\n(e) changes the name of the specialty of audiological medicine to audio vestibular medicine;\n(f) changes the name of the specialty of psychotherapy to medical psychotherapy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Annex V, point 5.1.3."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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