The government has caved to criticism about changes to the Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) recruitment programme and agreed to review the system in a meeting today. The British Medical Association (BMA) said last month that it had received reports that unqualified medical staff had been shortlisting applicants for the MMC recruitment scheme and that they were able to change the candidates’ scores. The BMA also accused the Department of Health (DoH) of massively underestimating the demand for the programme, and said the scheme had been blighted by technical problems. Following discussion with the BMA and the medical royal colleges earlier this week, however, the DoH has announced a review into round one of MMC recruitment and selection into specialist training. The groups will meet today to discuss the changes. The review will be led by professor Neil Douglas, vice president of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and president of the Royal College of Physicians of...

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