{
  "abstract": "This excoriating statement from the authors summarises the stark findings of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) trainee survey from 2024, diligently written up by Dr Sivananthan and colleagues from the BSG trainees’ committee. Surveys are notoriously ignored, lost within a full inbox, left to be done later (never). Yet the 65% return rate within a balmy summer month reflects how important this topic is to our trainee colleagues and holds up a mirror to the awful state of UK gastroenterology training—a consequence of misguided reform and many years of under-resourcing. We must be honest; collectively, the consultant body has failed in providing a nurturing training environment. A special slow handclap to the General Medical Council (GMC), Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board (JRCPTB), the royal colleges, the BSG, Joint Advisory Group on GI endoscopy (JAG), NHS England and UK governments, for allowing the shambles that was the shape of training reforms and other key policy decisions. The future of our fantastic specialty looks as sick as the state of our National Health Service. We are failing our future colleagues and the lifeblood of the specialty; our trainees.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Digestive Diseases, Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Kettering, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Ajay M Verma"
    }
  ],
  "title": "The lost tribe",
  "uid": "e9e32414-e57f-5ddf-959e-ac0b7cca4581"
}