A recent general meeting of the Royal College of Anaesthetists voted to demand better postgraduate training for doctors.1 Rotational training for doctors can have huge negative effects on morale, patient care, educational opportunities, and home life.1
Improving the quality and availability of postgraduate training posts for doctors is key to having a viable NHS and a healthy population. Four months on from the publication of the NHS workforce plan,2 we should admit that it overlooked training doctors. We need doctors who can uniquely manage complexity and plan personalised care—crucially, understanding when to avoid excess healthcare and overmedicalisation.
Postgraduate training for doctors is broken, and they don’t feel valued. Doctors in …