Blue Title Medicine Clearing for 2020 entry (Updated 26th August - Buckingham and QMUL Malta)
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Medicine Clearing for 2020 entry (Updated 26th August - Buckingham and QMUL Malta)
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Originally Posted by Puzzled11
Oh dear, I did not realise that there are people who do not get a training post now (of their choice but they eventually get others hopefully)!
Sadly many specialties are competitive - cardiothoracic surgery, for example, had only 12 jobs nationally at ST1 (i.e. the year after FY2) and 101 applicants.
On the other hand, some specialties are so non-competitive that the NHS is literally paying trainees who completed that specialty's training up to £20,000! This currently includes GP, A&E and psychiatry.
Another interesting debate for this year's CAG U-turn is that: we can (relatively) easily increase FY1 / FY2 posts in 5 / 6 years' time; but what specialty posts can we increase after that? Should we increase GP / A&E ...
Source: The Student Room - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ecolier Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
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