MTAS Judicial Review outcome – Judicial Review finds in favour of Department of Health. Health Minister, Lord Hunt said:
“We welcome this finding. In consultation with representatives of the medical community, including junior doctors, we will continue to work to establish the best possible way forward in order to match trainee doctors to posts.
“We feel strongly that the process of making job offers should go ahead in the interests of both doctors and patients.
“We understand the uncertainty that problems with the Medical Training and Application System have caused junior doctors and their families, and acknowledge the criticisms that the judgement contains.
“We need to ensure that lessons from what has happened are learned and learned thoroughly. That is why the Secretary of State has asked Sir John Tooke to establish an independent review of the process so that the best possible mechanisms are in place for the training of our junior doctors”