Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health, has today made yet another statement — and another apology — in the Commons about the MTAS debacle. […]
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Lilac time has come early this year, and thanks to bright sunshine, cool nights, and a lack of rain, the flowers are looking and smelling wonderful. […]
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 […]