BMJ  2007;334:818 (21 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.39188.741053.4E

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Health secretary sets up review of Modernising Medical Careers

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The health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, has announced a review of the government's Modernising Medical Careers programme after the debacle over this year's appointments system.

The chaos created by the computer problems with the medical training application service (MTAS) had threatened to scupper the government's plans for a major shake-up of medical training. Remedy UK, the organisation leading protests against MTAS, had at times called for the whole Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) programme to be called to a halt. However, the review group looking at the MTAS situation said it did not think that the programme itself is at fault (bmj.com, 14 Apr, "Junior doctors' interview process is revised in compromise deal," doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.524850.4E).

In an announcement in the House of Commons on Monday Ms Hewitt apologised for the distress caused to those applying for posts under MTAS. She then went on to announce the latest review, to . . . [Full text of this article]

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