The Department of Health is frantically trying to magic up as many as 10,000 posts for those who fail to achieve posts within the specialist training stream. The BMJ understands […]
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Health secretary apologises yet again
Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health, has today made yet another statement — and another apology — in the Commons about the MTAS debacle. […]
BMA junior doctors call for Hewitt and Hunt to resign
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt and the health minister in the Lords, Philip Hunt, should resign over the MTAS scandal, delegates at today’s BMA junior doctors conference agreed. They also voted […]
MTAS site temporarily suspended pending security checks
As angry junior doctors meet tomorrow for their annual BMA conference, the government has issued a formal statement in the Commons saying it has temporarily suspended the MTAS site following the […]
Candidates’ details were freely available in MTAS security breach
Personal details of applicants involved in the already discredited MTAS system were available for all to see yesterday — until the Department of Health stepped in and closed the loophole […]
Protestors lobby Westminster
Some 400 junior doctors joined the rally outside parliament today and many of them went on to lobby their individual MPs in the Commons. The action, organised by Remedy UK, […]
Unemployed doctors could opt for VSO, review group told
There has been an outcry at the news that one briefing paper to the MTAS review group suggests doctors who can’t find a job in the UK should consider working […]
Hewitt apologises – and announces review of MMC
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has today issued an apology to those caught up in the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) crisis, acknowledging that it had been a time of ‘great […]
Remedy UK to pursue legal action
Remedy UK, the organisation behind the protest marches against MTAS, has decided it will continue its legal action — despite the latest compromise proposals aimed at ensuring appointments can be […]
Surgery to be a special case
The MTAS review group has agreed to recommend a special case should be made for junior doctors wishing to pursue a career in surgery. There will be special transitional arrangements to cope […]