BMJ Letters: Senior trust leaders who show understanding and compassion are crucial in retaining junior doctors
A letter by Dr Wen Wang in response to NHS England’s proposals to retain junior doctors has been published in the BMJ on 17 July 2024:
BMJ Journal: Can compassionate leadership of senior hospital leaders help retain trainee doctors?
An article has been published on BMJ Journals titled Can Compassionate Leadership of Hospital Senior Leaders Help to Retain Trainee Doctors?’
Second Leading the Future Healthcare CPD Day – Report
On 25th April 2024, at the stunning Brookfield House, University of Leicester Business School, our second CPD event was attended by 149 guests: 85% were NHS trainee doctors, 10% are consultants, NHS Trust leaders and policymakers, and 5% were researchers from 5 different Universities who have ongoing NHS-related research projects.
Behind the Research: what you didn’t know about junior doctors and their workload
An interview by the University of Leicester with Dr Wen Wang
Leading the Future Healthcare CPD Day – Report
On 30th November 2023, we hosted 73 guests at the Brookfield House, 60 NHS doctors and 6 researchers from 5 different Universities who have on-going NHS related research projects, influential career coach in medicine, doctors’ wellbeing advocator, representatives from WESLEYAN and the British Medical Associate.
Trainee doctors uncertain about their future in NHS
PRESS RELEASE
Nine out of ten trainee doctors are concerned about the current state of the National Health Service (NHS), a University of Leicester report has found.
Uncertainty – Exhausting Foundation Year Doctors
With the NHS in the grips of a staffing crisis , the strikes, retention and attrition of junior doctors in training is a pressing concern. In 2022, the rate of doctors leaving after Foundation Year 2, rather than continue training was 45% , nationally.
Co-creation with NHS Trust Senior Leaders
Senior leaders play a vital role in resolving the unexpected uncertainties resulting from trainee doctors’ rotation. Our research shows when trainee doctors feel senior management are invested in their interests, their risk of burnout is significantly reduced.
Preliminary Findings: Summary
This report presents 323 survey responses of trainee doctors from 25 NHS Trusts in England and Wales. Four out of ten (40%) respondents are Foundation Year 1 /2, a quarter (25%) are F3, the rest are core /speciality trainees.
More details are needed to retain doctors in training
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, issued by NHS England and the government in June 2023, is a long-delayed but welcome document.