The results of the General Medical Council’s (GMC) national training survey show our resident doctors recorded the highest satisfaction scores in the last six years – increasing to 75.64%, recognising the continued improvement we’ve been making to ongoing training.
Emergency medicine, alongside geriatric and internal medicine were also commended by NHS England for being among training programmes across the country which had showed the most sustained improvement from 2023 to 2026.
Results for these areas, as well as our trauma and orthopaedic, core surgical, obstetrics and gynaecology, clinical radiology and anaesthetics teams were extremely positive. They show improvement in teaching and clinical supervision, increased confidence for trainees to raise concerns, and less experiences of discriminatory behaviour.
We achieved scores well above the national average in several areas, including overall satisfaction in ITU/critical care; out of hours clinical supervision in clinical radiology; and clinical supervision in paediatrics.
The survey also seeks the experience of educational and clinical supervisors and college tutors. In anaesthesia and critical care, their satisfaction scores were among the highest in London.
A new question introduced this year asked whether organisations encouraged shared learning across healthcare professionals, to which 83% of our trainees agreed.
The survey also helps us identify where we need to focus our efforts in the coming months. These include workload, rotas, facilities and reporting systems.
Fiona Wheeler, our interim Chief Executive, said:
“It can be daunting to go from being a student to working on our wards and in clinical departments as a resident doctor. It’s important we provide a supportive environment to continue training while caring for our patients.
“I’m delighted many of our resident doctors have told us they’re having a better experience in our hospitals. We’ll also use their feedback to tackle the areas they still find challenging.”
The national training survey is carried out annually to hear about the experience of trainee doctors, their supervisors and tutors across the country. It’s part of how the GMC monitors the quality of postgraduate medical education and training.
We currently have 415 resident doctors in training across our Trust.
