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A senior doctors’ leader has welcomed the creation of nearly 900 new medical specialty training posts in England this year but questioned whether the doctors would stay in the UK once trained.
Roger Kirby, president of the Royal Society of Medicine, said that recruitment to the new posts announced by Health Education England (HEE) on 10 January to help meet escalating demand and reduce health inequalities was “highly commendable,” as they were “greatly needed.” But he added that the training would take several years and that more needed to be done to make conditions attractive to keep doctors in the NHS, such as tackling concerns over pay.
Kirby told The BMJ, “Last year 6950 UK …
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