“Today is the day that was supposed to be the after-party. After 10 months of study I was going to have one day to take a deep breath, enjoy guilt-free time away from my books and computer, enjoy my own kids and my niece and nephew… and regroup to start the last phases of training tomorrow.

“Instead, today I am numb, angry, sad, in disbelief and despair due to the course of events in the last 72 hours.

“I am not okay.”

This is just one of the hundreds of messages written by GP registrars during the weekend describing their anguish after the Key Feature Problem (KFP) fellowship exam was aborted on Friday afternoon after a major IT meltdown.