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One of the compelling reasons that we were told we had to move to National Recruitment was that this is ‘the way it is done in Medicine’, therefore we had no choice. I never had any truck with this argument, as I always considered orthodontic training in the UK, for the most part, was way better than that.

I have a relative who is a junior doctor currently involved in training at one of London's finest medical establishments. Theoretically ‘training’ has been provided by five Consultants, for the last 11 months. Apart from one hour of dedicated training time during that period from just one of these Consultants, neither ‘hide nor hair’ has been seen of any of them. I can understand why these five Consultants couldn't really care less which Tom, Dick or Harriet ended up on ‘their team’ for so called training. As a consequence they obviously feel no need for involvement in the selection process of said trainees. In another month my relative will leave the 5 Consultant trainers and may never, ever see them again.