I’ve been a doctor for years – why am I still called a ‘junior’?

We’re often thought of as baby-faced, inexperienced and panic-stricken – but junior doctors are the backbone of the NHS, and a new campaign aims to see this reflected in our job titleToday marks the start of a campaign by the Royal Society of Medicine to abolish the terms “junior doctor” and “trainee doctor”. It is hoped that acknowledging doctors’ experience within their job title will be a cost-neutral way of boosting morale and giving them “the