More than 350 new resident doctor jobs open following Government deal
The roles are the first tranche of 4,500 new jobs agreed as part of the deal that ended resident doctors’ industrial action this summer.
More than 350 new resident doctor training jobs have opened for applications in England as part of a deal between the Government and the British Medical Association (BMA).
The roles are the first tranche of 4,500 new jobs agreed as part of the deal that ended resident doctors’ industrial action this summer.
The jobs are intended to tackle training bottlenecks that the BMA said are leaving doctors facing underemployment and unemployment, with around four doctors currently applying for every available post.
The latest allocation exceeds the 250 jobs originally agreed for this stage of the programme.
The remainder of the first 1,000 roles, which are due to be delivered by the end of 2027, are expected to open for applications in October.
A further 3,500 jobs are due to be in place by 2029.
Dr Jack Fletcher, chair of the BMA resident doctors committee (UKRDC), said: “We remain in the foothills of a very tall mountain.
“This year A&E patients have had the indignity of being treated in corridors while thirteen doctors were turned away from every emergency medicine training post in England.
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