Government recruitment of junior medics slammed by BMA
06-03-2007
A new government recruitment programme for jun¬ior doctors has been heavily criticised by medial professionals, personneltoday.com reports.
The Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) recruitment scheme has been condemned by the British Medical Association (BMA), which claims to have received reports that unqualified medical staff involved with the new project are able to alter the scores of short-listed candidates.
The interview stage of the process was due to begin last week after around 30,000 junior doctors applied for the 22,000 MMC positions. Medics can become consultants or GPs under the specialist training posts in a minimum of five years.
Dr Jo Hilborne, chairman of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee, told personneltoday: "Doctors have lost what little confidence they ever had in the new system.
"They're feeling confused and increasingly angry. If any doctor has been disadvantaged because of any of these problems, the BMA will fight for their right to fair treatment. It's time for the government to take responsibility."
According to the BMA, the new scheme has suffered several technical problems and the Department of Health had seriously misjudged the volume of applications to the programme.
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