Specialty training recruitment

This analysis of provisional data from NHS England by the Nuffield Trust finds that the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act, which became law this year, has achieved its immediate aim of prioritising NHS-trained doctors for NHS jobs over those who trained overseas. The proportion of doctors accepting NHS specialty training places from the group that includes most overseas-trained doctors has fallen from more than one in four to less than one in 50 (this is the final training stage before becoming a GP or consultant).