COVID-19: PRIVATE HOSPITALS COMMIT TO TRAINING JUNIORS WHO HELP TO TACKLE BACKLOG

British Medical Journal - Private healthcare providers have committed to training junior doctors while they are working at their hospitals to help tackle the NHS backlog caused by the covid-19 pandemic. A letter from NHS England and NHS Improvement and Health Education England said that independent sector providers had agreed to cooperate with the NHS and the relevant regulators to provide training. “Health Education England postgraduate deans are registering all participating providers with the GMC [General Medical Council] as recognised training sites providing that the environments comply with their regulatory standards for education and training,” the letter said.Cliff Shearman, vice president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said that the NHS...>>>