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Medical chiefs are in uproar after more than 200 doctors were told they had passed their exams when they had failed following a “catastrophic” technical error.<\/p>\n
Just under 300 doctors received incorrect results for a crucial medical exam – with 222 wrongly told they had passed when they had actually failed.<\/p>\n
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The error by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK also meant 61 doctors were incorrectly informed they had failed despite achieving passing grades.<\/p>\n
The mistake, which occurred due to a data processing issue, has sparked outrage from the British Medical Association (BMA), which warns of “far-reaching” ramifications for both doctors and patients.<\/p>\n
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Some medics who were wrongly told they passed may have already progressed in their careers, while others who falsely failed might have left medicine altogether.<\/p>\n
The exam in question was the MRCP(UK) Part 2 Written Examination taken in September 2023, with 1,451 medics participating.<\/p>\n
This assessment is one of three crucial parts that doctors must complete to progress in their medical specialism training.<\/p>\n
The federation confirmed the incorrect results stemmed from a data-processing issue that went undetected for nearly 18 months.<\/p>\n
The BMA has called for an immediate independent investigation into how routine audit processes took so long to identify the error.<\/p>\n
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Those impacted by the mistake are now being contacted by the federation, which has promised exam fee refunds and free resits.<\/p>\n
Professor Philip Banfield, chairman of the BMA council, said: “Failing an exam is devastating and has consequences for doctors as they work their way up the ladder of expertise; being told you have failed when in fact you have passed, is even worse.”<\/p>\n
“For those 222 doctors who have spent the past 18 months believing they had passed, but have not, they will be equally devastated and unsure what lies ahead,” he added.<\/p>\n
The BMA chairman called for significant support and compensation for affected doctors, stating that “the moral, legal and governance aspects of this truly terrible mistake are far-reaching”.<\/p>\n
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