After years of training, NHS doctors are being told there are no jobs for them & being dismissed as “juvenile delinquents” by @wesstreeting. This is not just a system under pressure; it’s a system failing its own workforce. This year, 30,000 doctors applied for just 10,000 NHS training posts. These posts are required for doctors to progress through their careers to become Consultants and GPs; and the NHS needs doctors at every stage to keep services running safely and sustainably. But the Government has *capped the number of training jobs*. The contributing effect on patients is already clear: - long waiting lists - delays in A&E - weeks to see a GP - months to access hospital specialists. And all while thousands of doctors who want to work are unable to secure the training roles required to continue their careers within the NHS. This is the part the public rarely hears: you can fix waiting lists; but you need to allow doctors to progress through the system, rather than blocking them at the very points where the NHS needs them most. Instead, a Labour Health Secretary has chosen to insult doctors rather than address the workforce planning crisis at the heart of these delays. This is one of the reasons why resident doctors are taking further industrial action. Because how can the NHS deliver world class care while limiting the number of doctors able to move through training and contribute fully to patient care? Patients need doctors. Doctors need fair access to the training posts that allow them to keep delivering care. The current situation is the result of political choices and longstanding failures in workforce planning; and it must be addressed.