A “catastrophic” exams blunder that resulted in almost 300 doctors being given the wrong results for a key test could have “significant implications” for both NHS staff and patients, senior medics have warned.
Doctors’ Association UK and the British Medical Association called for an investigation after The i Paper revealed 222 medics who were told they had passed the exam 18 months ago had in fact failed.
It is not yet known how many of these 222 may have progressed to becoming registrars. Of the 1,451 medics who took the exam on 6 September 2023, 61 were told they had failed when they had actually passed.
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