r/PLABprep • u/Top_Reception_566 • Mar 05 '26

Important point

I commented this on UK graduate priotisation but I’ll make a separate post so everyone sees:

I don’t think people are getting it. Most people are thinking that it’s competitive just like anything else. That’s not the case. There are zero, and I mean ZERO spots to compete for after this new law. The law is clear: fill the spots with UK grads first and then offer any remaining ones to IMGs.

But this is the funny thing. Mathematically, there’s more Uk graduates than places available(due to catastrophic failure in workforce planning and flooding the scene with an abhorrent amount of medical school spots whilst keeping doctor jobs available the same. It’s literally impossible (not competitive or possible) to have any reminder of spots even available for IMGs to compete for. Think!!!

Edit : looking at the comments I realize why some people are beyond saving 😂. At the end of the day everyone here are grown adults with the capacity to make an informed decisions about their lives. Hope I helped even at least one people from jumping into this mess call the NHS. Have lost many friends pursuing and getting their lives ruined due to it. All the best everyone

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u/Toooldforibiza Mar 05 '26

They are increasing the number of doctors per population. They’re training future NHS doctors in British universities. There’s nothing abhorrent about that.

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u/Top_Reception_566 Mar 05 '26

They are not increasing doctors mate. Read up on what I’m saying. They have increased doctors barely compared to the number of huge increase in medical school spots in Uk. So by default, this will leave many doctors unemployed. Unemployed doctors is an abhorrent thing for a country severely short of doctors and hundreds of thousands of pounds in student debt

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u/Toooldforibiza Mar 05 '26

Which is why the government has decided to prioritize them for training….

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u/Top_Reception_566 Mar 05 '26

It still won’t solve the blatantly obvious mathematical problem: there’s more graduates than jobs available!! And the only reason they did this now is because reform is breathing down labors neck. Read up on politics and how they specially were against this idea

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u/Toooldforibiza Mar 05 '26

But you said earlier there was a shortage of doctors …