Competition ratios for 2013

Competition ratios for the 2013 recruitment round for CT1 / ST1

2013 CT1 / ST1 Competition ratios
Specialty Applications Posts Competition ratio Fill rate %
Specialty Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine Applications 534 Posts 203 Competition ratio 2.6 Fill rate % 100.00
Specialty Anaesthetics Applications 1189 Posts 478 Competition ratio 2.5 Fill rate % 100.00
Specialty Broad Based Training (Pilot) Applications 429 Posts 52 Competition ratio 8.3 Fill rate % 82.00
Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery (Pilot) Applications 68 Posts 6 Competition ratio 11.3 Fill rate % 100.00
Specialty Clinical Radiology Applications 751 Posts 185 Competition ratio 4.1 Fill rate % 100.00
Specialty Core Medical Training Applications 3088 Posts 1209 Competition ratio 2.6 Fill rate % 100.00
Specialty Core Psychiatry Training Applications 650 Posts 437 Competition ratio 1.5 Fill rate % 89.00
Specialty Core Surgical Training Applications 1296 Posts 676 Competition ratio 1.9 Fill rate % 99.00
Specialty General Practice Applications 6447 Posts 2787 Competition ratio 2.3 Fill rate % 99.00
Specialty Histopathology Applications 154 Posts 120 Competition ratio 1.3 Fill rate % 61.00
Specialty Medical Microbiology and Virology Applications 108 Posts 21 Competition ratio 5.1 Fill rate % 90.00
Specialty Neurosurgery Applications 183 Posts 37 Competition ratio 4.9 Fill rate % 89.00
Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology Applications 591 Posts 204 Competition ratio 2.9 Fill rate % 100.00
Specialty Ophthalmology Applications 323 Posts 71 Competition ratio 4.5 Fill rate % 100.00
Specialty Paediatrics and Child Health Applications 793 Posts 360 Competition ratio 2.2 Fill rate % 100.00
Specialty Public Health Applications 602 Posts 70 Competition ratio 8.6 Fill rate % 97.00
  1. Applications and posts are for Round 1 only and do not include any re-advertisements.
  2. Fill rate is final for the specialty and may include additional rounds of recruitment to fill outstanding vacancies.
2013 CT1 / ST1 Round 1 Applicants and applications
Unique applicants Number of applications made Percentage of applicants % Total number of applications
9080 1 72.1 9080
2692 2 21.4 5384
643 3 5.1 1929
136 4 1.1 544
25 5 0.2 125
13 6 0.1 78
3 7 0.0 21
2 8 0.0 16
2 9 0.0 18
1 11 0.0 11
12597   100.00 17206
  1. 12597 applicants making 17206 applications.
  2. 72% of applicants only applied to one specialty.
2013 Number of applicants applying to only one specialty
Specialty Only applying to specialty Percentage % Total number of applications
Specialty Public Health Only applying to specialty 487 Percentage % 80.00 Total number of applications 602
Specialty General Practice Only applying to specialty 4057 Percentage % 63.00 Total number of applications 6447
Specialty Core Surgical Training Only applying to specialty 711 Percentage % 54.00 Total number of applications 1296
Specialty Paediatrics and Child Health Only applying to specialty 415 Percentage % 52.00 Total number of applications 793
Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology Only applying to specialty 290 Percentage % 49.00 Total number of applications 591
Specialty Core Medical Training Only applying to specialty 1460 Percentage % 47.00 Total number of applications 3088
Specialty Ophthalmology Only applying to specialty 153 Percentage % 47.00 Total number of applications 323
Specialty Core Psychiatry Training Only applying to specialty 290 Percentage % 44.00 Total number of applications 650
Specialty Anaesthetics Only applying to specialty 517 Percentage % 43.00 Total number of applications 1189
Specialty Histopathology Only applying to specialty 66 Percentage % 42.00 Total number of applications 154
Specialty Clinical Radiology Only applying to specialty 299 Percentage % 39.00 Total number of applications 751
Specialty Medical Microbiology and Virology Only applying to specialty 41 Percentage % 37.00 Total number of applications 108
Specialty Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Only applying to specialty 201 Percentage % 37.00 Total number of applications 534
Specialty Neurosurgery Only applying to specialty 66 Percentage % 36.00 Total number of applications 183
Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery Only applying to specialty 24 Percentage % 35.00 Total number of applications 68
Specialty Broad Based Training (BBT) Only applying to specialty 3 Percentage % 0.00 Total number of applications 429
2013 Applicant behaviour - Percentage of applicants to a specialty that also applied to another specialty
ACCS Emergency Medicine Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinical Radiology Core Medical Training Core Psychiatry Training Core Surgical Training General Practice Histopathology Neurosurgery Obstetrics and Gynaecology Ophthalmology Paediatrics and Child Health Anaesthetics Broad Based Training (BBT) Public Health Medical Microbiology and Virology Number of applicants
Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) - Emergency Medicine ACCS Emergency Medicine 100.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 0.4% Clinical Radiology 7.0% Core Medical Training 22.0% Core Psychiatry Training 2.0% Core Surgical Training 9.0% General Practice 22.0% Histopathology 0.8% Neurosurgery 2.0% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2.0% Ophthalmology 2.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 4.0% Anaesthetics 22.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 3.0% Public Health 1.0% Medical Microbiology and Virology 0.6% Number of applicants 534
Cardiothoracic Surgery ACCS Emergency Medicine 2.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 100.0% Clinical Radiology 4.0% Core Medical Training 5.0% Core Psychiatry Training 2.0% Core Surgical Training 43.0% General Practice 7.0% Histopathology 0.0% Neurosurgery 7.0% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 4.0% Ophthalmology 6.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 2.0% Anaesthetics 11.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 2.0% Public Health 1.0% Medical Microbiology and Virology 2.0% Number of applicants 68
Clinical Radiology ACCS Emergency Medicine 5.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 0.5% Clinical Radiology 100.0% Core Medical Training 19.0% Core Psychiatry Training 4.0% Core Surgical Training 11.0% General Practice 31.0% Histopathology 4.0% Neurosurgery 3.0% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 3.0% Ophthalmology 4.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 2.0% Anaesthetics 7.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 3.0% Public Health 2.0% Medical Microbiology and Virology 2.0% Number of applicants 751
Core Medical Training ACCS Emergency Medicine 5.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 0.2% Clinical Radiology 6.0% Core Medical Training 100.0% Core Psychiatry Training 4.0% Core Surgical Training 5.0% General Practice 45.0% Histopathology 1.0% Neurosurgery 0.7% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 4.0% Ophthalmology 2.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 6.0% Anaesthetics 13.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 7.0% Public Health 0.7% Medical Microbiology and Virology 1.0% Number of applicants 3088
Core Psychiatry Training ACCS Emergency Medicine 2.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 0.3% Clinical Radiology 5.0% Core Medical Training 14.0% Core Psychiatry Training 100.0% Core Surgical Training 2.0% General Practice 50.0% Histopathology 1.0% Neurosurgery 0.3% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 3.0% Ophthalmology 2.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 4.0% Anaesthetics 2.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 8.0% Public Health 3.0% Medical Microbiology and Virology 3.0% Number of applicants 650
Core Surgical Training ACCS Emergency Medicine 5.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 5.0% Clinical Radiology 10.0% Core Medical Training 13.0% Core Psychiatry Training 2.0% Core Surgical Training 100.0% General Practice 25.0% Histopathology 0.3% Neurosurgery 10.0% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 6.0% Ophthalmology 6.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 2.0% Anaesthetics 12.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 2.0% Public Health 0.6% Medical Microbiology and Virology 0.6% Number of applicants 1296
General Practice ACCS Emergency Medicine 4.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 0.2% Clinical Radiology 7.0% Core Medical Training 32.0% Core Psychiatry Training 9.0% Core Surgical Training 7.0% General Practice 100.0% Histopathology 1.0% Neurosurgery 0.4% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 6.0% Ophthalmology 3.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 7.0% Anaesthetics 8.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 12.0% Public Health 3.0% Medical Microbiology and Virology 1.0% Number of applicants 6447
Histopathology ACCS Emergency Medicine 3.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 0.0% Clinical Radiology 20.0% Core Medical Training 16.0% Core Psychiatry Training 6.0% Core Surgical Training 2.0% General Practice 29% Histopathology 100.0% Neurosurgery 0.7% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 3.0% Ophthalmology 2.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 1.0% Anaesthetics 3.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 0.7% Public Health 7.0% Medical Microbiology and Virology 7.0% Number of applicants 154
Neurosurgery ACCS Emergency Medicine 5.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 4.0% Clinical Radiology 11.0% Core Medical Training 8.0% Core Psychiatry Training 1.0% Core Surgical Training 46.0% General Practice 7.0% Histopathology 0.5% Neurosurgery 100.0% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1.0% Ophthalmology 5.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 1.0% Anaesthetics 10.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 1.0% Public Health 0.0% Medical Microbiology and Virology 0.0% Number of applicants 183
Obstetrics and Gynaecology ACCS Emergency Medicine 2.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 0.9% Clinical Radiology 5.0% Core Medical Training 18.0% Core Psychiatry Training 4.0% Core Surgical Training 11.0% General Practice 41.0% Histopathology 1.0% Neurosurgery 0.4% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 100.0% Ophthalmology 1.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 6.0% Anaesthetics 4.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 4.0% Public Health 0.9% Medical Microbiology and Virology 1.0% Number of applicants 591
Ophthalmology ACCS Emergency Medicine 3.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 2.0% Clinical Radiology 10.0% Core Medical Training 15.0% Core Psychiatry Training 4.0% Core Surgical Training 16.0% General Practice 29.0% Histopathology 0.9% Neurosurgery 3.0% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1.0% Ophthalmology 100.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 3.0% Anaesthetics 8.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 2.0% Public Health 1.0% Medical Microbiology and Virology 2.0% Number of applicants 323
Paediatrics and Child Health ACCS Emergency Medicine 3.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 0.3% Clinical Radiology 3.0% Core Medical Training 21.0% Core Psychiatry Training 4.0% Core Surgical Training 4.0% General Practice 39.0% Histopathology 0.3% Neurosurgery 0.3% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 5.0% Ophthalmology 2.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 100.0% Anaesthetics 7.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 10.0% Public Health 0.3% Medical Microbiology and Virology 1.0% Number of applicants 793
Anaesthetics ACCS Emergency Medicine 12.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 1.0% Clinical Radiology 5.0% Core Medical Training 30.0% Core Psychiatry Training 1.0.% Core Surgical Training 11.0% General Practice 25.0% Histopathology 0.4% Neurosurgery 2.0% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2.0% Ophthalmology 3.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 4.0% Anaesthetics 100.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 2.0% Public Health 0.6% Medical Microbiology and Virology 0.4% Number of applicants 1189
Broad Based Training (BBT) ACCS Emergency Medicine 2.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 0.3% Clinical Radiology 3.0% Core Medical Training 20.0% Core Psychiatry Training 6.0% Core Surgical Training 2.0% General Practice 50.0% Histopathology 0.1% Neurosurgery 0.3% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 3.0% Ophthalmology 0.9% Paediatrics and Child Health 8.0% Anaesthetics 2.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 100.0% Public Health 1.0% Medical Microbiology and Virology 9.0% Number of applicants 429
Public Health ACCS Emergency Medicine 3.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 0.5% Clinical Radiology 9.0% Core Medical Training 9.0% Core Psychiatry Training 9.0% Core Surgical Training 10.0% General Practice 3.0% Histopathology 42.0% Neurosurgery 6.0% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 0.0% Ophthalmology 2.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 1.0% Anaesthetics 3.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 5.0% Public Health 100.0% Medical Microbiology and Virology 7.0% Number of applicants 602
Medical Microbiology and Virology ACCS Emergency Medicine 2.0% Cardiothoracic Surgery 1.0% Clinical Radiology 8.0% Core Medical Training 17.0% Core Psychiatry Training 11.0% Core Surgical Training 3.0% General Practice 23.0% Histopathology 7.0% Neurosurgery 0.0% Obstetrics and Gynaecology 4.0% Ophthalmology 5.0% Paediatrics and Child Health 4.0% Anaesthetics 3.0% Broad Based Training (BBT) 4.0% Public Health 8.0% Medical Microbiology and Virology 100.0% Number of applicants 108
  1. Example: 45% of CMT applicants also applied to General Practice.

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