Around one in three UK medical students plans to leave the NHS within two years of graduating—either to practice abroad or to abandon medicine altogether—suggest the results of the largest survey of its kind, published in the open access journal BMJ Open.
In a bid to understand current career intentions after graduation and on completion of the two-year Foundation Program, the researchers surveyed 10,486 medical students—around 25.5% of the total—from across 44 UK medical schools between January and March 2023.
But around one in 10 intended to complete year one of foundation training and then emigrate to practice medicine: completion of the first year of foundation training provides doctors with full registration with the UK's medical regulator , which is recognized internationally. Among the 8,806 respondents intending to complete both foundation years, nearly half planned to enter specialty training in the UK immediately afterwards.
Around half planned to return to UK medicine after a few years, while nearly 8% intended to return after completion of their medical training abroad. But 42.5% indicated no intention to return. In total, around a third of medical students plan to leave the NHS within two years of graduating, either to practice abroad or to pursue other careers.
Only just over 17% of all respondents said they were satisfied or very satisfied with the overall prospect of working in the NHS.
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