Junior doctors have called for a staggered timetable for filling specialist training posts to avoid putting strain on NHS wards.

The British Medical Association has warned that the government's new training regime, which has created uproar among junior doctors, was creating a logjam of recruits that was bad for patient care.

Some doctors have claimed that when Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) was introduced on August 1, hospitals were unable to cope with the hundreds of recruits entering the wards and that HR departments did not know the names of people taking up posts.

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