Another gap on the rota: a scoping review of attrition from specialty training in secondary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The healthcare workforce is in crisis. Despite a competitive selection process, a substantial number of doctors leave specialty training (ST) programmes prematurely. This attrition causes increased costs for the National Health Service, exacerbates workforce shortages and threatens quality and safety of care. It also increases pressure on trainees who remain, further compounding the risk of attrition. There is an urgent need to understand why doctors leave ST in order to find ways to maintain the training pipeline from ST to consultant.

Objectives

We aimed to understand what is known about why doctors choose to leave ST programmes in secondary care, to map current knowledge and identify avenues for future research.

Eligibility criteria

All studies which inv

SUBMITTER: Gillespie H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11966941 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature