Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic the NHS has been transformed to meet the acute healthcare needs of these patients. This has significantly affected medical education, both undergraduate and postgraduate, with potential long-term implications for psychiatric recruitment. This article discusses these ramifications and the opportunities available, to mitigate them, as well as enhance the profile of psychiatry. Introduction: When it became clear that the first two cases of SARS-CoV-2 reported in the UK in January 2020 1 , represented an emerging pandemic, the NHS completely reconfigured its services. To meet the needs of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 elective treatments were cancelled, face-to-face appointments moved online, and huge numbers of healthcare workers were redeployed. Whilst mass transfers of staff to frontline roles were facilitated, movements of other healthcare workers were delayed or cancelled. 20,000 junior doctors due to rotate on the 1 st April 2020 were informed by Health Education England 2 that, except in exceptional circumstances, their rotations were cancelled 2. At the same time, medical students throughout the country faced widespread disruption of their studies 3. Both these events have resulted in a significant number of undergraduate and postgraduate medical trainees missing out on