Editor's Choice BMJ 2025; 389 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r1204 Cite this as: BMJ 2025;389:r1204 Juliet Dobson, managing editor The BMJ jdobson{at}bmj.com Competition for postgraduate medical specialty training posts is causing widespread despair and anger among the UK’s resident doctors (doi:10.1136/bmj.r1023 doi:10.1136/bmj.r1166).12 Applicant ratios for specialty training posts have been rising since 2019 and in some specialties doubled between 2022 and 2024 (doi:10.1136/bmj.r742...