'It has been devastating': The medical exam fiasco that derailed doctors' careers

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By Daniel Pye

Last year 222 doctors were told they'd passed a crucial MRCP exam when they hadn't – and the error was only found by chance. Doctors.net.uk examines what went wrong and what's being done to make sure it doesn't happen again.

On February 19, 2025, hundreds of doctors received devastating news: the results for the exam they had sat nearly 18 months prior – and had based major career and life decisions on – were not valid.