speciality

Many then enter speciality training in a particular area of medicine and surgery, or train to become a GP.

They also said they wanted the government to address what they say is a shortage of jobs after the second year of training when resident doctors move into speciality training.

Resident doctors - formerly known as junior doctors - can start speciality training after two years, to progress their careers and pursue a particular area of medicine such as neurology, dermatology or general practice.

He also mentions the need to tackle the shortage of speciality jobs that resident doctors move into after the first two years of training.

On Wednesday, a court could force Liberty's speciality steel business to close over unpaid debts, putting 1,450 jobs at risk, unless the company wins an adjournment.