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| The controversial system used to match junior doctors to specialist training posts has been shelved by ministers. | The controversial system used to match junior doctors to specialist training posts has been shelved by ministers. |
| Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said that after the first round of recruitment, the system would only fulfill a monitoring role. | Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said that after the first round of recruitment, the system would only fulfill a monitoring role. |
| Instead, the recruitment process will be handled at a local level by medical deaneries. | Instead, the recruitment process will be handled at a local level by medical deaneries. |
| Doctors had complained the system was profoundly flawed, and that many juniors had been unfairly treated. | Doctors had complained the system was profoundly flawed, and that many juniors had been unfairly treated. |
| This was the only option on offer - which they have presented as a decision Dr Matt Jamieson EvansRemedy UK | |
| Juniors had to apply for a job through a system known as the medical training application service (MTAS). | Juniors had to apply for a job through a system known as the medical training application service (MTAS). |
| But the system ran into serious trouble with many complaining about a lack of posts, poorly designed recruitment forms and technical failures with the online application system. | But the system ran into serious trouble with many complaining about a lack of posts, poorly designed recruitment forms and technical failures with the online application system. |
| The doctors were angry about the way everyone was made to apply for training places at the same time, rather than the old rolling recruitment process which allowed them to keep on trying for jobs as they came up. | The doctors were angry about the way everyone was made to apply for training places at the same time, rather than the old rolling recruitment process which allowed them to keep on trying for jobs as they came up. |
| They feared those who missed out in the first round of recruitment would not be able to get back on the career ladder towards becoming a consultant. | They feared those who missed out in the first round of recruitment would not be able to get back on the career ladder towards becoming a consultant. |
| It also emerged that the MTAS website had been the subject of two security breaches. | It also emerged that the MTAS website had been the subject of two security breaches. |
| Criminal offences | Criminal offences |
| Ms Hewitt told the Commons earliet this month she was confident that criminal offences had not been committed. | Ms Hewitt told the Commons earliet this month she was confident that criminal offences had not been committed. |
| But following further investigations a report has been sent to the police. | But following further investigations a report has been sent to the police. |
| A campaign group of doctors, Remedy UK, has launched a legal challenge with the aim of getting the whole recruitment process scrapped. | A campaign group of doctors, Remedy UK, has launched a legal challenge with the aim of getting the whole recruitment process scrapped. |
| However, ministers are committed to seeing through the first round of the recruitment process. | However, ministers are committed to seeing through the first round of the recruitment process. |
| They said every eligible applicant in the first round had now been guaranteed at least one interview for their first preference post, and as a result an additional 15,500 interviews had been arranged, and were now taking place. | They said every eligible applicant in the first round had now been guaranteed at least one interview for their first preference post, and as a result an additional 15,500 interviews had been arranged, and were now taking place. |
| The British Medical Association welcomed the decision to suspend the use of MTAS. | The British Medical Association welcomed the decision to suspend the use of MTAS. |
| But Dr Matt Jamieson Evans, a spokesman for Remedy UK, was unimpressed. | |
| He said: "The system has been down for weeks. | |
| "I fail to see how they could have envisaged using it. This was the only option on offer - which they have presented as a decision." |