Nuffield 2019 - How can the NHS provide a fulfilling lifelong career

More doctors are choosing to retire early, doctors who take career breaks find it hard to return to practice, and doctors at all stages of their careers are frustrated by the lack of support given to training and development in today’s NHS. Each year the BMJ holds a roundtable discussion at the Nuffield Summit - where health leaders come together to talk about the NHS. We wanted to know what more the NHS can do to provide fulfilling careers for staff and to improve support for doctors who want to keep working and those seeking to return to practice. Taking part in the discussion were: Tom Moberly - UK editor for The BMJ Rahkee Shah - paediatric registrar Ronny Cheung - consultant general paedatrician Claire Lemer - consultant paediatrician Candace Imison - Director of Workforce Strategy at the Nuffield Trust James Morrow - GP partner