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[Marcel @cosmicmarce]

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Your #fineEweTwitter May be become your fav #FineDoctorTwitter soon.

[Dr Leah Ajayi,MD,MRCP(UK),PGcert(Meded),SCE(Acute) @drifeleah]

The 2027 UK specialty-training prioritisation rules have now been set out ….

From 2027, prioritisation will operate at both the shortlisting and offer stages. This means the rules may affect not only who ultimately receives a post, but also who progresses to interview.

Priority may be obtained through an eligible primary medical qualification, specified citizenship or immigration status, or completion of a relevant UK training programme. However, working for several years in trust-grade or locally employed posts does not, by itself, confer priority.

It is also important to distinguish the legislation from the BMA’s five-year NHS/HSC experience policy. That was a professional-body policy position; it is not the same as the criteria contained in the newly published regulations.

As an IMG myself and someone who has mentored many IMG doctors through UK training applications, I recognise how unsettling this will be. This is not a reason to panic or automatically give up. It is a reason to understand your individual position early, prepare strategically and keep realistic alternative routes open.

Information correct as of 15 September 2026. Official guidance may continue to be updated.
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[dracojeremy @jeremyb___]

coming back from the grammarly ad to find Ghana losing by 2 goals already:

[Dr. Banda Khalifa @dr_bandak]

Interesting take. So after 6 to 7 years of medical school, housemanship, call nights, and managing emergencies with limited resources, the conclusion is that doctors “learn nothing.”

Perhaps we should also ask why Ghanaian/Nigerian trained doctors are practicing successfully in the USA and UK.

Did their brains suddenly upgrade at the airport?

Or could it be that when they enter systems with functional infrastructure, adequate staffing, equipment, structured supervision, and accountability frameworks, performance improves?

It is easy to romanticize how “whites prioritize human life.” It is harder to acknowledge that those systems also prioritize:

• Funding
• Equipment
• Workforce protection
• Training oversight
• Professional respect
• Competitive compensation

Healthcare quality is not determined by skin color. It is determined by system design.

If our doctors can thrive abroad under structured systems, then the variable is not intelligence.

It is infrastructure.

Let us focus on fixing that.

[Premier League India @PLforIndia]

Reece James, what a performance! 👏

#CHEARS | @ChelseaFC

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

🇧🇷👏

#CFC | #UCL

[UEFA Champions League @ChampionsLeague]

No way past 🔒

Cucurella POTM 👏

#UCL | #POTM

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

WHAT A NIGHT! 🤩

#CFC | #UCL

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Top work from Guiu to setup Enzo! 🤝

#CFC | #BURCHE

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

🇧🇷📸

[Marcel @cosmicmarce]

@kwabena_ba4 Congratulations bro on winning the league again

[Ginga Bonito 🇧🇷 @GingaBonitoHub]

Once Estêvão breaks out of his shell he will look even better. He used to be much more selfish & would shoot a lot more at Palmeiras. Still looks a bit timid.

[Grimsby Town F.C. @officialgtfc]

Let's take you through our side for this afternoon... 😉

#GTFC

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

The breakthrough.

#CFC | #CHEFUL

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Andrey Santos, Estevao Willian and Joao Pedro have all been called up to the Brazil national team. 🇧🇷😍

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

😎

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Our Champions League opponents have been confirmed! ✅

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

🥶

#CFC | #WHUCHE

[Michael Oti Adjei @OtiAdjei]

Chelsea looks solid against West Ham even if the Hammers were completely out of sorts

#premierleague #chelsea #estavao

[The Dzolalian 🦅 @TheDzolalian]

Give us the Ballon d’Or, or we riot. 🔥💃🦅

#Dzolali