Opposition to MMC/MTAS

The MMC/MTAS disaster has been thrown into the spotlight by the opposition of some very influential people. This page highlights this opposition - we are not alone!

13/04 - The Association of British Neurologists vote overwhelmingly (350 against 4) against MMC - Announcement

12/04 - Entire Medical Directorate of Worthing Hospital writes in support of abandoning MMC/MTAS - Letter

05/04 - The (Group of Anaesthetists in Training (GAT) write to Prof Douglas asking for a stop to MTAS - Letter

04/04 - MMC Clinical Lead, Shelley Heard resigns saying she cannot support the outcome from the Review Group - Letter

31/03 - Student Advisor to MMC, Alex Liakos, resigns his post with another brilliant damning letter - well done Alex! - Letter

30/03 - MMC National Director, Alan Crockard resigns with a letter to Liam Donaldson damning the management of MMC - Letter

27/03 - The consultants of Guy's and St Thomas's pass vote of no confidence in the MTAS process - Letter

26/03 - Confessions of a collaborator - Damning BMJ article from a consultant involved in the process - Link

23/03 - BMA JDC and Consultant Committee withdraw from the review process in protest against the latest redevelopment of the application process - Announcement

22/03 - Senior Consultants again rally against MMC, with a letter published in the Lancet - Letter

21/03 - Association of Surgeons in Training write to the MMC Review Group calling for a halt to the MTAS process - Letter

21/03 - British Orthopaedic Trainee Association calls for withdrawal from MTAS - Link

20/03 - The Welsh Consultants Committee passes motion urging BMA to withdraw from the review and asking all consultants to withdraw from fatally flawed MMC process - Statement

20/03 - The interview panel for neurology ST3 posts in London decide to delay interviews, over serious concerns with the process - Statement

20/03 - British Thoracic Society issues a statement describing the process as destructive and bad for patient care - Statement

17/03 - 10,000-12,000 Doctors march against MMC/MTAS in London in the biggest medical march in history, with hundreds gathering in Glasgow for a rally - Link

16/03 - BMA/Remedy UK take out full page advert in the Times in support of the March against MMC/MTAS - Advert

14/03 - Plastic Surgery Interviews in Manchester Postponed due to failings in the MTAS process - Statement

13/03 - St George's Consultants write to Patricia Hewitt requesting that the process be scrapped immediately - Letter

09/03 - The Central London School of Anaesthesia resign from MTAS selection panels, describing MTAS as unfair and ineffective - Official Statement

08/03 - The President of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland writes to colleagues damning the process - Letter

08/03 - The Royal College Of Psychiatrists criticise MTAS, stating "The impact of potential unemployment and the uncertainty on the human rights and mental health of trainees, their partners and families cannot be under-estimated" - Report

07/03 - Senior Consultants (including the Queen's Physician!) write to BMJ, describing MMC/MTAS as an Exocet missile ripping through the medical profession - Letter

05/03 - The West Midlands Deanery Panel for Surgery pull out of the interviews for ST3 posts over concerns about the MTAS process - Official Statement.