A powerful joint letter from the RCP president and resident doctor leaders has been published today in The Times, warning that the crisis facing resident doctors will not be solved without a fundamental reset of how the NHS plans and delivers medical training. The letter highlights frustration among resident doctors working in a system marked by ‘unpredictability and intense competition’, with specialty training ratios now ‘neither fair nor sustainable’. Instead, the authors call for a meaningful expansion of training posts based on population need, fairer and more transparent recruitment processes, and proper investment in educational supervision. We need a meaningful expansion of training posts based on population need, fair and transparent recruitment processes, and investment in high quality educational supervision. Resident doctors are not looking for special treatment.

Source: The Times December 09, 2025 15:43 UTC