NHS England sets out measures to improve rotational training
NHS England has said it will work with employers to improve rotational training by, among other actions, releasing rota schedules earlier, reducing payroll errors, and reviewing how parking spaces are allocated. In a letter to NHS leaders and employers, NHS England said it recognised from its conversations with doctors in training that the NHS “collectively need to do better for them.”1 The letter, sent on 25 April, said that while pay negotiations were not in NHS England’s remit there was more it could do to improve the working and learning experience of doctors in training. It said that training rotations left trainees with little choice about where they worked, high levels of uncertainty, and unacceptable pay errors when they moved between employers, resulting …