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Review into Doctor Recruitment
Review into doctor recruitment | |||
The Department of Health is to carry out a review of the new system to select doctors for specialist training. The move follows a decision by a group of top consultants to boycott the process. The consultants, from the West Midlands, said they would not interview any candidates, claiming the system was flawed and unfair. The British Medical Association said the current round of interviews should be suspended.
The Department of Health refused this request - but did agree to a review. It will be completed by the end of March, so that any changes deemed necessary can be put in place before a second round of recruitment begins in late April. This will allow doctors not granted an interview in the current round a second chance. Doctors' training was revamped in 2005, with the aim of speeding up progress so juniors could reach consultant level in an average of 11 years, rather than the current 14. However, doctors who have been through their initial stage of training under both the old and the new systems are all competing for a limited number of specialist training posts this year. As a result the BMA says over 28,000 UK doctors are currently competing for 22,000 posts. For the full article please click here | |||
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