The future of specialist training

doi:10.1136/bmj.39224.534583.BE

BMJ 2007;334:1067-1068 (26 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.39224.534583.BE

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The future of specialist training

Doctors' anger and mobilisation is at last forcing a rethink

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The United Kingdom's doctors are for once united, but not forthe moment under the auspices of the BMA, their trade unionand professional body. Instead, their growing outrage aboutnew rules for junior doctors' specialist training has foundits voice through two pressure groups, while the chairman ofthe BMA's council has been forced to resign for failing to reflectmembers' views. RemedyUK's legal challenge—due to concludeafter the BMJ goes to press—is likely (even if they losetheir case) to force a rethink of the way in which trainingposts are filled, while surveys of doctors run by an ad hocgroup of senior academics under the leadership of Morris Brown(see bmj.com) have brought consultants and junior doctors togetherin a rare show of solidarity.

Jim Johnson's unprecedented resignation, weeks before the organisation'sannual meeting at which he planned to stand down, bears furtherwitness to the . . . [Full text of this article]

Fiona Godlee, editor

BMJ, London WC1H 9JR

fgodlee@bmj.com

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