Modernising Medical Careers

EDM number 1059 in 2006-07, proposed by Norman Lamb on 07/03/2007.

That this House notes the decision of the Department of Health to carry out a review of the operation of the Medical Training Application Service following the widely reported chaos relating to the shortlisting and selection of junior doctors for interview for medical postgraduate specialty training; further notes that concerns have been expressed over several months by the British Medical Association about the new on-line system which was not piloted prior to introduction; further notes that the IT system has been blighted with technical problems, with the website crashing repeatedly, and that there have been delays and confusion over the application process; further notes that there is substantial evidence of significant numbers of highly qualified, able candidates not being shortlisted for any interviews whilst some others have been selected for interview for posts for which they have not applied, and that the process cannot therefore be fair and meritocratic, and is causing dismay and despair amongst junior doctors, resulting in many considering applying for jobs abroad; and calls on the Government to act on the recommendation of the British Medical Association to suspend the process until it can be demonstrated that it is fair and transparent and that appointments will be genuinely based on merit.

This motion has been signed by a total of 76 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Norman Lamb	07/03/2007	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
David Laws	07/03/2007	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Vincent Cable	07/03/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Sandra Gidley	07/03/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Pugh	07/03/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Stunell	07/03/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Norman Baker	07/03/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	07/03/2007	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	07/03/2007	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	07/03/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	07/03/2007	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	07/03/2007	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	07/03/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	07/03/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	07/03/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	07/03/2007	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	07/03/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	07/03/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	07/03/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	07/03/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	07/03/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	07/03/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	07/03/2007	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	07/03/2007	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	07/03/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	07/03/2007	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	07/03/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	07/03/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	07/03/2007	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	07/03/2007	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	08/03/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	08/03/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	09/03/2007	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	12/03/2007	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Derek Conway	12/03/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	12/03/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	12/03/2007	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	13/03/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	14/03/2007	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	14/03/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	14/03/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/03/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	14/03/2007	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Gregory Campbell	14/03/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
David Simpson	14/03/2007	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/03/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	15/03/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	15/03/2007	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lorely Burt	15/03/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	15/03/2007	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	19/03/2007	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/03/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	20/03/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Burrowes	21/03/2007	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	21/03/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	22/03/2007	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	22/03/2007	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	23/03/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Clappison	27/03/2007	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
Martin Horwood	28/03/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	28/03/2007	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	16/04/2007	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	16/04/2007	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	16/04/2007	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	17/04/2007	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	18/04/2007	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	18/04/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	23/04/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Mark Oaten	23/04/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Quentin Davies	24/04/2007	Grantham & Stamford	Conservative	Signed
Lady Hermon	25/04/2007	North Down	UUP	Signed
Jennifer Willott	26/04/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	03/05/2007	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	09/05/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	09/07/2007	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	08/10/2007	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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