The Department of Health has announced a compromise over the interview process for junior doctors in the latest twist in the continuing saga over their job applications. The BMA has welcomed the move, although Remedy UK, which has been leading the protests over the system, still intends to pursue its legal action, because it believes that the proposed interview process is unfair.

Junior doctors applying for jobs in England have been told that all their interviews will count, rather than having to decide after their interviews which post they want to pursue, at the expense of the others.

Those who have …