Impact of industrial action on education and training

An initial census of HEE activity during the first strike period show significant numbers of education and training events involving senior clinicians may need to be re-arranged across England: Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP), recruitment, teaching, education events, training committees, boards.

Recruitment in the following specialties will be rearranged: anaesthesia, combined infection training, clinical genetics, gastroenterology, geriatric medicine, general practice, plastic surgery, rheumatology, gynaecological oncology.

Due to the time restraints of national recruitment, rescheduling may not be possible within the current timetable. Therefore the national recruitment timetable may need to be amended, which will impact all specialties involved not just those during the strike period.