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Letters GMC and wellbeing of SAS doctors

GMC is committed to supporting staff grade, associate specialist, and specialty doctors

BMJ 2020; 368 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m291 (Published 27 January 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;368:m291
  1. Colin Melville, medical director and director of education and standards
  1. General Medical Council, Manchester M3 3AW, UK
  1. colin.melville{at}gmc-uk.org

Wield is right to point out that staff grade, associate specialist, and specialty (SAS) doctors make a vital contribution to clinical care and that too often that contribution is overlooked.1

But it would be wrong to say that the General Medical Council fails to recognise their plight. We recently published …

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