Distinction awards in Northern Ireland.

IN MAY 1973, 'Health Trends', a publication of the Department of Health and Social Security and the Welsh Office, included an article by the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards in Great Britain on the work of the Committee with particular reference to the Procedures of Selection. In Northern Ireland, with its number of consultants rather less than one-thirtieth that of Great Britain, the situation is very different, though in many ways the same pattern is followed. It was felt that an account of the work of the Northern Ireland Distinction Awards Committee might clarify the impression of the way in which the Committee carries out its duties.