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Meritocracy in psychiatry training: abandoning the common good: commentary, Howarth et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2025

Harrison Howarth Open the ORCID record for Harrison Howarth [Opens in a new window] ,
Dominic Kennedy  and
Mark Berelowitz
Harrison Howarth*
Affiliation:
Higher Trainee in Psychiatry, North London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Dominic Kennedy
Affiliation:
Historian, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Mark Berelowitz
Affiliation:
Consultant Child Psychiatrist and Head of CAMHS, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Correspondence: Harrison Howarth. Email: Harrison.howarth@nhs.net
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Education and trainingethicsmental health servicespsychological medicinequality improvement

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 227 , Issue 2 , August 2025 , pp. 579
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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