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Your LED contract is still fixed-term. Three dates explain what to check next.
England's accepted deal set different milestones for substantive employment, repurposed 2016 terms and a final national LED contract. They are related, but they are not the same promise.
Practical updates with dates, scope and original sources.
Primary and official sources checked6 minutes
Your LED contract is still fixed-term. Three dates explain what to check next.
England's accepted deal set different milestones for substantive employment, repurposed 2016 terms and a final national LED contract. They are related, but they are not the same promise.
A source-led contract-record checklist based on the accepted England deal. It does not decide whether a particular fixed term is legitimate, amend an employment contract, provide legal or immigration advice, or apply to Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The written contract, current national implementation guidance, employer and appropriate professional adviser remain authoritative.Checked 8 September 2026
You worked no hours on the bank holiday. Your rota may still owe you a day back.
For resident doctors on England’s 2016 contract, working, being rostered on-call or losing the holiday to a scheduled rest day can each trigger a standard day off in lieu. The pay question is separate.
Contract-led information about public-holiday leave under England’s 2016 resident-doctor TCS. It does not determine an individual rota dispute, payroll enhancement, bank-worker rate, locally employed doctor contract or entitlement in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.Checked 7 September 2026
Your resident-doctor pay scale changed: five checks for the next payslip
England's new nodal structure is now in the national pay circular. A larger net figure may still hide the wrong grade, missing arrears or a new-job tax-code problem.
A general document-checking guide based on national sources. It does not calculate individual contractual entitlement, tax liability or pension consequences; local payroll and HR records remain decisive.Checked 22 August 2026
Practical updates with dates, scope and original sources.
Primary and official sources checked6 minutes
Specialty applications open 22 October 2026: prepare your evidence
The 2027 Round 1 date is published, but the national person-specification index checked today still shows the 2026 set. Here is the evidence work you can safely complete now without guessing the next scoring system.
National, source-led preparation principles for Round 1. This is not a specialty-specific scoring guide, eligibility decision or prediction of unpublished 2027 criteria. Applicants must use the relevant 2027 person specification and recruiter guidance when available.Checked 31 August 2026
Each mystery stays anchored to a published case, makes the reveal fairly and shows where the evidence remains uncertain.
Published case · independently checked5 minutes
His eyesight measured 6/6. Both retinas were torn
A published Edinburgh case shows why normal central visual acuity cannot close the assessment when new flashes and floaters point to the retinal periphery.
Educational discussion of one peer-reviewed published case and current NHS safety advice; not individual diagnostic or treatment advice.Checked 31 August 2026
The scan showed inflamed brain arteries. The decisive clue was microbial DNA.
A published case looked like cerebral vasculitis with small strokes. The pattern changed when an unusual infection test identified Balamuthia mandrillaris.
A paraphrased, privacy-minimised account of a published paediatric case. It is not personal medical advice, a claim that vasculitis usually has an infectious cause, or a UK diagnostic pathway. Local microbiology, infectious-diseases, neurology and public-health systems remain authoritative.Checked 31 August 2026
The biopsy confirmed sarcoma. Then the mass disappeared before treatment
A published forearm-tumour case turned a dramatic regression into a more difficult question: what should clinicians do when visible cancer vanishes but microscopic disease may remain?
Educational discussion of one published case and its descriptive literature review; not personal medical advice or a treatment recommendation.Checked 22 August 2026
A month of vomiting led to a stomach mass—and a 1.5-litre prescription
A published semaglutide-associated gastric-bezoar case turned an apparently ordinary adverse-effect history into an endoscopic surprise. The treatment is memorable; the safety boundary matters more.
Educational discussion of one published case and supporting low-level treatment evidence; not personal medical advice or a protocol for cola administration.Checked 22 August 2026
New psychosis, chloride 126 and an anion gap of −21: which result was lying?
A published toxicology case turned an apparently impossible electrolyte panel into the clue connecting a restrictive diet, an internet-bought chemical and three months of bromide exposure.
Educational discussion of a published US case and toxicology evidence; not personal medical advice or a treatment protocol.Checked 22 August 2026