DAUK has contributed to a House of Lords briefing ahead of a debate on the Government’s plans for resident doctor training posts.
Blogs written by members of the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) student committee have been referenced in the document.
The blogs explore the issue of bottlenecks in speciality training and the impact it is having on people.
The House of Lords document says: “The Doctors’ Association UK, a campaigning group of doctors and medical students, has warned that some medics fear unemployment due to high competition for places in their chosen specialisms.
Resident doctor training
“It has described how portfolios are built to apply for certain specialisms, leaving applicants ill-equipped to apply for other placements outside their area of interest.”
It comes ahead of a short debate in the House of Lords debate on Wednesday (17 July).
Lord Lansley (Conservative) will ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the ratio of medical training posts in each specialty relative to the number of foundation year medical students choosing that specialty.
Read the medical student committee blogs.
Read the House of Lords document.
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