Meg Ormond

Foundation 2 Doctor | University of Birmingham 2018-2024 | @UndergradSEMS President 24/25 | @BUSEMS_ President 22/23

[Meg Ormond @megormond_]

Had a fantastic and very informative two days at my first ever @basem_uk conference at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground. Was very exciting to present some work that me and @lucybidwell20 have spent some of the past year working on.

[LBC @LBC]

“It’s insane.”

@doctor_oxford says that NHS workforce planning has been so bad that doctors are having to resort to taking shifts as Uber drivers.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

I've written this open letter to @Keir_Starmer & @wesstreeting because, though I am desperately worried about NHS patients over the next 5 days, I know this strike by resident doctors is a desperate act of last resort.

Please read.

[Meg Ormond @megormond_]

@wesstreeting @wesstreeting where are you getting these numbers from?!!?

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

Half of trainee British doctors finishing this summer had no job lined up.

Yet the NHS is poaching foreign doctors. One in six of Nigeria's are now in the UK.

The real scandal isn't pay: it's a broken training pipeline. My column:-
https://t.co/3wT78HLfnE

[Meg Ormond @megormond_]

Sideline Stories: A Guide to Sports Medicine Electives (A BJSM Blog Series) - Part 2 - https://t.co/Sw1XLVq0mY

[BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine @BMJOpenSEM]

🚨NEW #Viewpoint by Ormon and Fitzpatrick!

Women are strongly engaged in sports & exercise medicine as students—yet many step away before specialty training. Why? ⚖️

This viewpoint maps gender representation across SEM career stages:

👩‍🎓 Undergraduates: ~47% of members in the Undergraduate SEM Society (USEMS) and University SEM Committees are women.

🩺 Foundation doctors: Female USEMS membership drops to 24%.

📑 SEM specialty training: Only 20% of applications (2021–2023) came from women.

👩‍🏫 Consultants: Women make up just 27% of Faculty of SEM membership.

🔍 Key insight: Women show equal interest at the undergraduate level, but disengage before applying for SEM training. Existing literature highlights barriers, but the timing and causes of disengagement remain poorly understood.

💡 Next steps:
More research is urgently needed to explain:
- Why female medical students disengage from the SEM career pathway
- What structural and cultural barriers contribute
- How to create inclusive solutions that retain future female SEM specialists

🙌 Addressing gender equity is vital for the growth, diversity, and innovation of SEM.

OA ARTICLE ➡️ https://t.co/UKC8YMATrX

@megormond_

#GenderEquity #MedicalCareers #SEM #WomenInMedicine #DiversityInMedicine
#UnderTheSpotlight
#WeAreBOSEM

[Meg Ormond @megormond_]

A Guide to Sports Medicine Electives (A BJSM Blog Series) - https://t.co/tB5jhft7FG @UndergradSEMS

[Meg Ormond @megormond_]

Really enjoyed the first session and now looking forward to part 2 on pelvic health 👏@UndergradSEMS #sem #SportsMedicine #teaching #MedicalStudents

[Meg Ormond @megormond_]

Excited to kick off our journal club-style teaching series with @UndergradSEMS tomorrow! Looking forward to some great discussions 👏

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Some foundation year two doctors due to finish training next week are already looking to leave the UK after failing to find a role in the NHS, The BMJ finds.

Others have shared how they'd been living on Jobseeker’s Allowance as they compete for posts
https://t.co/F8OY3SdH1p

[Dr Luke Craddock @DrLukeCraddock]

Like Emily, many doctors are being actively pushed out of a career in the NHS.

We must be able to provide secure employment for our doctors otherwise we will simply just lose them.

[The BMA @TheBMA]

“With more than 6 million patients on waiting lists in England, it’s maddening that a third of doctors cannot get a job” @Melissa_S_Ryan @RossNieuwoudt

@BMAResidents are seeking a deal on training places as part of their ongoing pay dispute with the Government

https://t.co/vOT4jE6813 #DoctorUnemployment #PayRestoration

[Dr Matt Kneale (🦋drmk.link) @drmattuk]

OVER HALF OF FY2 RESIDENT DOCTORS UNEMPLOYED FROM NEXT MONTH.

This is an abomination, @wesstreeting.

How have we arrived at a situation where newly trained doctors – doctors we’ve invested in – are discarded like this?

https://t.co/1HMFJqMt1Y

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Most resident doctors who are due to finish foundation training don’t have a job to go next month, a survey shows.

The results of the survey, run by the BMA, found that 52% of doctors leaving foundation training had no employment lined up
https://t.co/WB0VAhDq7V

[Resident Doctors @BMAResidents]

Despite years of studying and training resident doctors are facing an unemployment crisis.

This year, more than 30,000 doctors applied for just 10,000 specialty training places.

Fixing the specialty training crisis is crucial – for doctors and patients https://t.co/BAOQX3c1Es

[Dr Luke Craddock @DrLukeCraddock]

A career in the NHS used to provide secure employment. Yet newly qualified staff are struggling to find jobs, whether that be doctors, nurses, physios, midwives or other roles.

When the NHS is on its knees why are we training world-class staff to leave them unemployed?

[Sophia Edwards 💙 @sophia_edw28123]

In 2024, there were 59,698 applications for 12,743 NHS specialty training posts; a 4.7:1 competition ratio, up from 1.9:1 in 2019.
The BMA warns ~20,000 doctors may miss out this year, worsening NHS staffing shortages.
In case you still wonder why doctors are striking.

[Dr Haseena Wazir @DrHWazir]

This year, around 20,000 applicants are expected to miss out on NHS specialty training places.

That means they can’t progress to become consultants or GPs, despite the growing demand for care and high waiting lists.

We risk losing capable, motivated doctors simply because there aren’t enough training posts. That’s not just frustrating, it’s a waste of talent the NHS can’t afford.

If you’re a resident doctor, please take a moment to complete this short BMA survey, which closes *today*:
👉 https://t.co/SLoXcY2o0I

We need your input to demonstrate the true scale of the speciality training bottleneck to the Government.

[Dr Luke Craddock @DrLukeCraddock]

If you are a doctor who has concerns regarding unemployment, or currently facing it, please fill in this survey.

Help provide the BMA with data to assess the scale of the issue.

https://t.co/5abZ80jWTX

[Dr Shivam Sharma @DocShivSharma]

Doctors' assistants are earning almost 47% more than a fully qualified doctor in London.

Even with full pay restoration, doctors would still be earning less than their assistants.

Paying doctors £22.67/hr would still be a bargain for this country.