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Remedy UK was a pressure group representing
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s in the
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. The organisation was set up by four junior doctors in 2007 to campaign against UK government-led medical training reforms known as
Modernising Medical Careers Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) is a programme for postgraduate medical training introduced in the United Kingdom in 2005. The programme replaced the traditional grades of medical career before the level of Consultant. The different stages of the ...
(MMC) and their implementation through the
Medical Training Application Service The Medical Training Application Service (MTAS, pronounced ''em-tass'') was an on-line application system set up under the auspices of Modernising Medical Careers in 2007 and used for the selection of Foundation House Officers and Specialty Regis ...
(MTAS). Remedy UK was created in response to what was perceived to be an insufficiently robust response by the official doctors' trade union, the BMA, and professional associations (
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s of Medicine). Remedy UK had over 13,000 members and campaigns as a grassroots doctors' organisation. It was supported by optional subscriptions from its members. After Remedy UK lost an application for Judicial Review in May 2007, the BMA announced that it would not seek to recover its legal costs. An Early Day Motion in the UK Parliament was signed by 50 MPs that urged the Secretary of State not to pursue costs against Remedy UK. Remedy UK announced its closure on 15 May 2012, saying it had been "unable to sustain the management and leadership that an effective Remedy needs."


Campaigns

Remedy UK mounted several high-profile campaigns against Modernising Medical Careers. # Early Day Motion - an
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explicitly backing RemedyUK's concerns about MMC and MTAS was signed by 127
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# March in March - Remedy UK organised a march that took place in London on 17 March 2007 from the headquarters of the
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to the offices of the
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. Thousands of junior doctors turned out to protest. A parallel protest was organised on the same day in Glasgow. # Mass Lobby of Parliament - on 24 April 2007 Remedy UK organised a mass
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of the UK parliament in Westminster attended by hundreds of doctors. This aimed to directly pressure individual MPs and to raise awareness of the issues surrounding recent reforms to medical training in the UK. # Judicial Review - Remedy UK launched a judicial review in May 2007 challenging the legality of MTAS and MMC in court. Justice Goldring did not rule in favour of Remedy UK but in his summary described the reforms as "disastrous" and suggested that individual doctors cases should be open to scrutiny by employment tribunals.


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