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Mr Marfell-Jones is teaching four trainee instructors but fears not all will complete the course.

I went on to study at Oxford before I moved to Nottingham as a junior doctor and then got a job as an oncology trainee.

The trust also said the trainee involved was under the direct supervision of a consultant at all times.

She says she and her fellow trainees are facing a "wall of unemployment", with fierce competition for any vacancy that comes up.

It was the first company to introduce the trainee system, where young talent goes through intensive training that lasts months, or even years, before making their "debut".