Fewer foundation doctors are going straight into specialty training, says GMC

Abstract

Fewer junior doctors are entering further specialty training directly after completing their second year of foundation training (F2), the General Medical Council has found. On 21 July the GMC published research and data on doctors’ progression through exams and recruitment.1 It found that 66% of F2 doctors who completed foundation training in the summer of 2015 applied in round one to enter specialty training in August 2015. This compares with 78% of F2 doctors who completed their foundation training in the summer of 2012. The GMC said that, although the number of F2 doctors had increased since 2012, the lower proportion …