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| Doctors' job website is suspended | Doctors' job website is suspended |
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| A controversial job application website for junior doctors has been suspended, amid fresh concerns of security lapses. | A controversial job application website for junior doctors has been suspended, amid fresh concerns of security lapses. |
| The Department of Health said it was investigating claims that doctors were able to read each other's messages. | The Department of Health said it was investigating claims that doctors were able to read each other's messages. |
| The new concerns come a day after revelations that applicants' personal information could be freely accessed. | The new concerns come a day after revelations that applicants' personal information could be freely accessed. |
| The MTAS website has been the subject of protests from junior doctors. The Conservatives say the system is in "complete crisis". | The MTAS website has been the subject of protests from junior doctors. The Conservatives say the system is in "complete crisis". |
| Channel 4 News reported that applicants had been able to see each other's files by changing two digits in the personalised web address given to each individual. | Channel 4 News reported that applicants had been able to see each other's files by changing two digits in the personalised web address given to each individual. |
| 'Lack of confidence' | |
| A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said: "We have temporarily taken the MTAS website off-line and are investigating allegations that registered junior doctors could deliberately access each others messages." | |
| Shadow health minister Stephen O'Brien said there was a "serious lack of confidence" in MTAS. | Shadow health minister Stephen O'Brien said there was a "serious lack of confidence" in MTAS. |
| "We need the government to act upon this immediately, even if they do find their lack of leadership embarrassing," he said. | "We need the government to act upon this immediately, even if they do find their lack of leadership embarrassing," he said. |
| "Until confidence is its security restored, I don't see how junior doctors can be expected to use MTAS." | "Until confidence is its security restored, I don't see how junior doctors can be expected to use MTAS." |
| Liberal Democrat health spokesman Norman Lamb said earlier he had written to the Information Commissioner asking him to investigate urgently the "extremely concerning situation". | |
| In the letter he says: "The lack of consideration for the security of personal data in this case seems to constitute a serious breach of the Data Protection Act." | |
| The web-based application system was introduced by the government to help place junior doctors in their chosen specialist fields. | The web-based application system was introduced by the government to help place junior doctors in their chosen specialist fields. |
| But applicants have complained the system is unreliable, badly designed and fails to match the right people with the right jobs. |