Unexpected and slightly overwhelming news from UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences. I am extremely grateful to Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK for their constant support and most importantly the incredible scientists UCL Cancer Institute past and present who made this happen. A privilege to stand on the shoulders of giants.

Congrats to my day 1 Callum Nattress for smashing his viva and getting the first of his doctor titles 👨🏻‍🎓🧫 UCL Cancer Institute

Huge congratulations to Callum Nattress who passed his MBPhD viva today! 👏 Big thanks to @CoffeltLab and Claire Roddie for examining #γδTcells

Just wanted to give a massive 👏 to the FY2 doctor on LBC with Wes Streeting today: Dr: “Why are PAs (who are meant to be dr’s assistants) paid more than me as a doctor?” Wes: “Well, what’s your earning potential?” Dr: “Well I’m facing unemployment from August” Slam dunk.

760,000 people waiting for gynae appointments. Yet there are 7 doctors applying for every 1 gynaecology training post. 1860 doctors this year applied to become gynaecologists and did NOT get a job. This issue is not unique to gynaecology. Wes Streeting

🙏 #ESMOASIA24 Prof HC Toh + E Garralda for inviting me + Scientific Co-Chairs attending this 🧐🔥 IO session. Helped by many expert colleagues + trainees Monika Madrova Yani Jiang Anna Maria Militello Callum Nattress; up to 20mins pre #TimYap (alt-title) 😅ESMO - Eur. Oncology IT team! All ⭐️⭐️🤝

There is not a single NHS neurologist (who specialise in brain, spine and nervous system related conditions) across the whole of South Cumbria. Nationally almost a quarter of million people are waiting for a neurology appointment, with some having to wait years, and travelling

Jhayshalom Exactly. The government can act here and stop the training number bottleneck, but they are deliberately choosing not to.

I did not hear a single point today from Wes Streeting on what he’s doing to address mass doctor unemployment. 11,757 NHS doctors can’t get into training jobs because of the government restricting spaces. Drs are desperate to specialise and reduce the waiting lists, but can’t.

So far we have three specialties who have released the number of applicants for this years intake. All of which show an example trending towards exponential growth. This cannot continue and needs immediate intervention.

Doctors in England are unable to get jobs. This year, 2680 doctors applied for paediatric training in comparison to 1583 last year. That’s an increase of 69% in just one year, for the same number of training spots (roughly 479). This leaves 100’s of doctors unable to specialise

It is unfathomable that we have shortages of Consultants and GPs, yet resident doctor colleagues cannot get training posts. We have unemployed Doctors. It is important we all appreciate this and ensure the general public know this too.

ACCS EM data was released today, as such I have added it to the graph series. CST to my knowledge has not formally released the number of applicants this cycle, if this data is available please let me know. As I have said before, this trajectory is clear and cannot continue.

Reports from Financial Times show 6k+ applicants for just 1700 training posts last year. Doctors are being left in limbo, without posts and unable to progress in their career. In an understaffed NHS this is a scandal. Government must urgently increase training posts. ft.com/content/ddb51e…

1. I achieved these dreams as a working class lad from a state school- the son of immigrants, i was born in longsight Manchester (one of the top 5% most deprived areas in the UK) i was the first person in my family to get an education past the age of 16 (and am still the only

Today, Wes Streeting had a chance to fix the doctor unemployment crisis. He blew it. As part of the 10 year NHS workforce plan today, he’s pledged just 1,000 extra specialty training places over three years. This year alone, 20,000 applicants are expected to miss out on

The results are in: we have a clear mandate to strike. More than 90% of you who voted in our ballot, voted YES. You’ve made it clear: enough is enough. Our fight for full #PayRestoration for resident doctors in England continues.

One minute: “If you don’t like the pay, leave" “You knew the salary when you started - don't complain.” The next: "Why can’t I get a GP appointment?” “A&E was a 12-hour wait!” "How dare you go to Australia!" You don't value something until you need it. And it's gone.