Length of surgical training must be reviewed, BMA annual meeting hears

Abstract

Surgical training must be reviewed by the General Medical Council, the BMA, and the royal colleges to decide whether it is long enough to train an NHS consultant surgeon, delegates at the BMA’s annual representative meeting have said. Delegates voted in favour of a motion that called on the BMA, the GMC, the surgical royal colleges, the Joint Committee on Surgical Training, and the surgical specialty associations to determine whether the current length of training was “fit for purpose.” The motion included concerns that “the implementation of Working Time Regulations (EWTR) …