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Doctors applying to train as specialists reaches all time low
The number of young doctors applying to become specialists has dropped to a new all-time low, according to a report from the Guardian.
Leaked figures seen by the Guardian reportedly show that the number of doctors applying to continue their career in the NHS by becoming a specialist has dropped by eight per cent over the past three years.
The number of Foundation Year 2 doctors has fallen to 15,855, which represents a drop of 453 from last year and a total decrease of 1,251 since 2013.
The sharpest drop was that of doctors looking to become GPs, with only 4,863 applying compared to 6,447 in 2013.
Prof Sir Simon Wessely, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, told the Guardian: “These figures are very bad for the NHS because we are in danger of losing an unknown proportion of young doctors who could be going into higher medical training and taking up roles in the NHS.
“They are further evidence that some junior doctors will probably be lost to the NHS. Some will go abroad, some will go into non-training posts and some of them will not be doing medicine at all. At a time when specialties such as general practice are critically short of new recruits, these figures show a further worsening of an ongoing, established trend.”
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