Decline in the number of FY2 doctors moving into UK specialty training continues
New figures suggest the decline in the number of FY2 doctors moving into UK specialty training continues. The report, called the UK Foundation Programme’s Career Destinations Report 2017, shows that in...
View ArticleBMA junior doctor chair tells junior doctors their voices will be heard as...
The BMA junior doctors committee chair has told trainees their voices will be heard as equal partners as part of a review and fresh negotiations of the contract imposed on doctors in 2016. Speaking to...
View ArticleIs the phrase ‘junior doctor’ demeaning to highly skilled NHS trainees?
Orthopaedic surgeon Scarlett McNally is leading a study – commissioned by Health Education England – to suggest an alternative name to ‘junior doctor’. She says: “In the past few years it’s come to...
View ArticleTrainee doctors suffering from burnout as demands on hospital medicine increase
A quarter of trainee doctors are suffering from burnout with their NHS hospitals characterised by poor handovers, inadequate inductions and gaps in rotas. That’s the conclusion of a GMC report on...
View ArticleRota gaps are preventing juniors from taking training opportunities, survey...
A quarter of doctors are losing out on training opportunities because of rota gaps, according to the latest GMC Training Survey. The Royal College of Physicians is calling on trusts to do more to...
View ArticleJunior doctors win test case against NHS trust over inadequate rest breaks
Trainee doctors have won a court case against a hospital trust over rest breaks which could have significant implications for the NHS. Senior judges concluded that Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation...
View ArticleSeven out of ten trainees don’t feel their well being is a priority of their...
Seventy per cent of trainee doctors do not feel like their personal well being is a priority of their line manager. That’s the key finding of a survey by Medical Protection survey of doctors has...
View ArticleCOVID disruption hits training of eight in ten doctors, GMC surveys shows
More than 80% of doctors in training say disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic reduced their access to the learning they need to progress their careers. That’s the key finding of the annual GMC...
View ArticleTrainee anaesthetists struggle to secure NHS training posts
Nearly 700 junior doctors in anaesthesia have been dropped from the NHS training scheme. A surfeit of applicants has occurred with 1056 doctors applying for only 359 training posts at ST level from...
View ArticleDoctors facing burnout as GMC report reveals pandemic impact
A third of trainees say they feel burnt out to a high or very degree because of their work during the pandemic. That’s the key finding of the GMC’s annual national training survey, which was completed...
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