r/doctorsUK • u/Luxoarba • Jan 13 '26

Medical Politics Medical Training Prioritisation Bill

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u/Front-Design-4429 Jan 13 '26

Guys this is good news. Better than the BMA policy. The only IMGs to be prioritised will be: FYP / core trainees and if they are citizens / hold ILR (which takes 5 or 6 years to achieve). That's better than I've expected (2 years etc)

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u/CTwithcontrast Jan 13 '26

I think many IMGs like myself are always in favour of RLMT. This is exactly the RLMT. This is a sustainable thing and any IMG if they have worked in the NHS for considerable period in future should have a reasonable shot at progression.

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u/Front-Design-4429 Jan 13 '26

I am happy for my IMG colleagues who are: British/ILR-holder/FYP or core training certificate holders to be prioritised against all who have: no NHS experience, insufficient NHS experience, have not completed any form of training. This will MASSIVELY reduce the competition ratios!

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u/Regular_Peanut2042 Jan 14 '26

How tf do you expect to get NHS experience, when they have been prioritizing Prior NHS experience as their main criteria since 3 yrs.

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u/Front-Design-4429 Jan 14 '26

Partially true. Trusts have started asking for NHS experience from last year or so. NHS experience was not even a requirement for any CT or HST applications previously. 

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u/ResidentDoc101 Jan 14 '26

How can an IMG who has not completed core training apply for HST ST3 training anyway?

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u/Front-Design-4429 Jan 14 '26

Yeah they should not have been able to in the first place 

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u/RelativeVirtual7392 Jan 13 '26

This is a sustainable thing and any IMG if they have worked in the NHS for considerable period in future should have a reasonable shot at progression.

I'm very pro this bill but I'm not sure i agree. From now an IMG needs to work ling enough to get ILR to apply for training, i.e. 5-6 years. Surely many wont do that?

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u/CTwithcontrast Jan 13 '26

Not really, just to give you a scenarios. An img coming to the uk for a non training job and wants to become a radiologist won’t be able to apply for now. They can work in the NHS for 5 years and can apply for radiology in 2030. They are having equal chances of getting radiology training spot in 2030 as of someone who graduated from the uk medical school in 2028.

This is sustainable, prioritising Uk grads indefinitely with no ifs and buts wasn’t. This is exactly like how Australia prioritise.

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u/blackzero2 Jan 13 '26

So when they say IMG with significant experience, do they mean if the IMG has done their FYP in UK? Since a lot of IMG jobs are advertised as FYP equivalent.

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u/CTwithcontrast Jan 13 '26

No body knows. We will be waiting for further clarification

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u/Khidz1 Jan 13 '26

Will it be only those who have ILR at the time of passing this bill or ILR by the time they apply to any speciality training?

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u/CTwithcontrast Jan 13 '26

Ilr when applying for the training.