This is the picket line in Nottingham as junior doctors go on strike this morning People are being urged to use NHS services wisely Live updates here:
It could be someone who is straight out of medical school at foundation year level, orThis is all relative to the specialities doctors go into. For example, it takes longer to become a consultant urologist than it does a GP.
Dr Kiara Vincent is an emergency medicine registrar in the East Midlands and has worked in the NHS for 10 years, but is still classed as a junior doctor:
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