Monday 30 September 2019

Psychiatry is at risk of 'imploding' because junior doctors see the profession as 'soft', Royal College warns

Psychiatry is at risk of 'imploding' because junior doctors see the profession as 'soft', Royal College warns Trainee doctors are being put off becoming psychiatrists because medical school teachers tell them the field is “not prestigious”, health leaders have said.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP) is calling for the number of medical school places to be doubled to prevent the profession “imploding”, due in part to stigma among students.

The body says the move would create an extra 4,497 consultant psychiatrists within ten years. The Daily Telegraph

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