After yesterday’s march, protestors will be pleased to see their photos in at least some of the Sunday papers, including The Sunday Times and the front page of The Sunday Telegraph. The Telegraph is running its own ‘Back our doctors’ campaign to suspend the entire Modernising Medical Careers programme. It moves the story on with […]
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Thousands march in MTAS protest
Police estimate at least 10,000 protestors joined the MTAS march in London today — far more than they or the organisers had expected. And a further 500 supported the march in Glasgow. At one point the numbers in London swelled so much that police had to control the crowds by letting them spill off the […]
Review body issues recommendations
The first round of MTAS applications is to go ahead, despite the reported problems. The announcement was made at 8pm Friday evening after all day discussions by the review group. Changes are to be made to strengthen the rest of the process. The Department of Health said the group had made the following recommendations: […]
Deanery head defends MTAS
On the eve of the march tomorrow, Elizabeth Paice, dean director at the London postgraduate medical deanery and chair of Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans, has defended the new system for appointing doctors to training posts. But she says she wants to see improvements in the MTAS computer system to make it easier for consultants […]
Review group meets today
With a day to go until the marches in London and Glasgow, the review group set up to overhaul the MTAS process meets today. News on their progress may be announced later in the day, says the Department of Health. […]
5000 people expected to protest
As many as 5000 people might turn up for the protest marches in London and Glasgow at the weekend, according to one of the doctors at Remedy UK, the organisation behind the march at the weekend, Judy King. […]
How the MTAS crisis began
The timeline below gives an at-a-glance guide to how the crisis over junior doctors’ job applications began. […]
Fiona Godlee: Confessions of a climate criminal
I’ve been outed. Not for my exotic sexual preferences, sadly, but for being a climate hypocrite. A West Coast operation called Medgadget has set up a website tracking my travels – they’ve so far documented 12 trips since 1995, including a couple of walks around the corner to give talks in London – and are […]
Pastures New
When the check in clerk told me my excess baggage would cost £1700, I thought she was joking. She wasn’t. […]
The long goodbye
All the hassling and waiting came to an abrupt end. My New Zealand Medical Council registration came through and I had a work visa within the hour. I fly tomorrow and look forward to reporting back from the other side. Tips for jetlag welcome. […]