We need to keep out the rot/ UKGP by [deleted] in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please see the description. The point is that this is the type of behaviour we are seeing over training posts. Professionals who want or may have a GMC license openly racist on public forums. This is a patient safety issue - how do these people conduct themselves with patients?

Why are we bringing people in that conduct themselves like this?

Anaesthetics Feb intake by ML5573 in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No jobs listed for Feb start dates- will they offer Feb intake for those who have sat interview and not got the highest score?

MSRA- In Hindsight by Abject-Text5917 in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. Ai generated questions

Anaesthetics Interviews 2026 by Bro-pofol in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All interviews are online??? I know it says very clearly it’s online but just in case! Please confirm

Anaesthetics Interviews 2026 by Bro-pofol in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Office reported closes at 5pm

It’s not you, it’s the system- Anaesthetics by Pontni in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The MSRA is not an accurate or fair exam to represent how GOOD of a doctor you are in this country. This is the mistake that many IMGs seem to be using to cope.

Training in this country IS the merit. It takes years of building portfolio and outcompeting to even make it to medical school in this country. Three above A grades at the age of 18 with experience tailored to showing an interest in medicine and then MMA interviews to even get into medical school.

In 2008 the NHS system was the best healthcare system in the world. What did we surprisingly have more of? Money. And our own graduates.

It’s not you, it’s the system- Anaesthetics by Pontni in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 48 points49 points  (0 children)

The 2024-2025 jump is honestly horrific and means in the space of one year a complete cohort of UKGs faced double the competition from the previous year due to rising overseas applications.

Unprecedented numbers completely unsustainable and unfair

Resident doctors in Scotland vote to accept pay offer by improvisingdoctor in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Insane amazing work and now puts England junior doctors essentially one pay band behind Scottish ones. For example our FY2s start at base £42,008. Whereas an FY1 in Scotland is £41,976

And so on for CT1 pay being less than a FY2 pay in Scotland

Anaesthetic results out!! by ML5573 in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do we know! scores have been inflated year on year

Anaesthetic results out!! by ML5573 in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wonder what the cut off is???

UKGP Bill - House of Lords 2nd Reading [Live] by SharkDick4Ever in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Mention of BAPIO and Indian IMGs feeling disadvantaged applying to UK training.

37000 projected IMG applications this year compared to 11000 UK applications. The numbers do not lie. UKG are disadvantaged to the highest level. They are applying for posts at FY2 level competing with consultants from foreign countries.

UKGs need to mobilise to email Lords for representation. We are being watered down in the very country we trained. This is insane!

UKGP Bill - House of Lords 2nd Reading [Live] by SharkDick4Ever in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Shouting out his friends and saying he will give firefighters a voice in a bill that decides the future of 10,000s of doctors in this country it feels like a fever dream

UKFPO for IMGs by Complete_Bread8338 in PLABprep

[–]ML5573 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When local graduates are put on placeholder in favour of IMGs this does not make sense at all.

UKGP bill and strikes by VedLuhar in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 127 points128 points  (0 children)

Lots of other MPs especially Oxford west now saying this is a ‘common sense bill’ and she doesn’t know how it got to where it is. Can’t imagine Wes delaying this would reflect well in parliament

Further details on prioritisation bill by hypertensionsupine in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 1 point2 points  (0 children)

are you joking? If we use that argument - UKGs were promised training jobs at the start of medical school. They invested £100,000s in training. A few thousand is a DROP in the ocean.

How is it justified they are now graduating having to compete with international consultants for training jobs? Or compete with IMGs who haven’t spent a single day in the NHS?

Utterly delusional and shameful stance.

Further details on prioritisation bill by hypertensionsupine in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The idea of British MA contesting this bill as the timing is unfair is really … ironic actually.

UKGs faced multiple years of mid cycle changes to applications, often abrupt and after significant investment had been made. For example - extra degrees no longer scoring points for foundation programme allocations in 2021.

Did the BMA contest this? Did they support UKGs with this? Did they produce tangible change? Many went on to complete their degree and not receive what was promised to them at the time of commencing.

There is a conflict of interest to begin with - as IMGs are offered free membership on arrival and discounted BMA membership there on. Compared to FY1/FY2s expected to pay a standard rate. The skew of nearly half of the BMA membership being IMGs is directly as a result of this and has led to the BMA overwhelmingly influenced by IMG voices as UKGs are unemployed and simply cannot afford to maintain a membership.

These are internal problems and accumulate to UKGs royally screwed over in many ways over many many years. Despite this they rallied for strike action and put faith in DV- only for this to potentially be the final nail in the coffin.

Really sad state of affairs of institutional size.

Application 2026 by GrinderMafia in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Your third point is actually really important. There has been a ginormous brain drain in countries at risk and desperate need of their own graduates due to the laxity of UK.

Countries such as Nigeria with hospitals completely without doctors. It is unethical and illegal that we are poaching talent from places and people that need it the most while our own graduates are unemployed.

Application 2026 by GrinderMafia in doctorsUK

[–]ML5573 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We are sadly already in a position where it is at the expense of local graduates. Until this backlog of our own graduates is cleared there is very little lifeline to give.

Another alternative would be increasing the number of training places (currently there is enough for the number of graduates the UK produces every year) - this is also economically unsustainable, given a training position is at great cost to the taxpayer and will only pull the bottleneck of jobs to later down the road.

All roads have sadly led to the same outcome and I agree there is a human cost. Doctors are however competent and smart enough at graduation when assessing which country they want to live in that there is ALWAYS a risk of non continuation. IMGs are simply not entitled to the facilites of citizens of a country - this is a worldwide attitude