You guys said that the application has been closed already, but why those the government website and the NHS website never launched the application? I’m interested in it and since last year I’m looking every single day to those websites and I never saw the vacancy
It seems to be that only mid and south Sussex trust were the first ones to offer it they launched an information session through their LinkedIn page in Feb 2024 (4months ago) to book into a live event. They had 3000 intrests and 200 application and 20 places offerred.
You are talking about this as if it is was a good thing but it is just an awful, poorly thought through idea. Even though the BMA has completely rejected the idea, it seems to be going through anyway. It is an insult to everyone who went to medical school and spent 2 years studying followed by 3 unpaid years of placement, by allowing some people to qualify with the same role having only have made money. It will only produce a gargantuan disparity in the financial situation of those who accumulated a massive debt vs those who accumulated money. Additionally, a medical degree is already one of the most intense and difficult degrees and how is anyone going to learn all there is to know to become a half decent doctor if they are working during that whole time when they would otherwise would be studying. If they want to increase access to medicine, they should increase the number of widening access spaces, not this short sighted plan. This idea is a complete insult to the medical profession.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! It is certainly an ongoing debate in the medical field. While we do encourage increasing access to medicine, we mention at the end of the video that this approach in particular is unproven as to how well it will work. A lot remains to be seen!
