Competition ratios for 2014

Competition ratios for the 2014 recruitment round for CT1 / ST1

2014 CT1 / ST1 Competition ratios (Applicants per post)

Specialty	Applications received	Posts available	Applicants per post
Specialty Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine	Applications received 759	Posts available 363	Applicants per post 2.1
Specialty Anaesthetics (including ACCS Anaesthetics)	Applications received 1262	Posts available 595	Applicants per post 2.1
Specialty Broad Based Training (Pilot)	Applications received 258	Posts available 42	Applicants per post 6.1
Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery (Pilot)	Applications received 72	Posts available 7	Applicants per post 10.3
Specialty Clinical Radiology	Applications received 798	Posts available 227	Applicants per post 3.5
Specialty Community Sexual and Reproductive Health	Applications received 33	Posts available 7	Applicants per post 4.7
Specialty Core Medical Training (including ACCS Acute Medicine)	Applications received 3065	Posts available 1468	Applicants per post 2.1
Specialty Core Psychiatry Training	Applications received 643	Posts available 497	Applicants per post 1.3
Specialty Core Surgical Training	Applications received 1370	Posts available 625	Applicants per post 2.2
Specialty General Practice	Applications received 5477	Posts available 3391	Applicants per post 1.6
Specialty Histopathology	Applications received 165	Posts available 93	Applicants per post 1.8
Specialty Medical Microbiology	Applications received 50	Posts available 14	Applicants per post 3.6
Specialty Neurosurgery	Applications received 159	Posts available 24	Applicants per post 6.6
Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Applications received 583	Posts available 240	Applicants per post 2.4
Specialty Ophthalmology	Applications received 353	Posts available 82	Applicants per post 4.3
Specialty Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Pilot)	Applications received 87	Posts available 4	Applicants per post 21.8
Specialty Paediatrics and Child Health	Applications received 814	Posts available 435	Applicants per post 1.9
Specialty Public Health	Applications received 686	Posts available 78	Applicants per post 8.8

Applications and posts are for Round 1 only and do not include any readvertisements

2014 CT1 / ST1 Round 1 Applicants and applications

Unique applicants	Number of applications made	Percentage of applicants %	Total number of applications
9065	1	73.72	9065
2457	2	19.98	4914
562	3	4.57	1686
147	4	1.20	588
42	5	0.34	210
13	6	0.11	78
5	7	0.04	35
3	8	0.02	24
1	9	0.01	9
1	10	0.01	10
1	15	0.01	15
12297		100.00	16634

1. 12297 applicants made 16634 applications.
2. 73.72% of applicants only applied to one specialty.

2014 Number of applicants applying to only one specialty

Specialty	Only applying to one specialty	Percentage %	Total number of applications
Specialty Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine	Only applying to one specialty 302	Percentage % 39.8	Total number of applications 759
Specialty Anaesthetics (including ACCS Anaesthetics)	Only applying to one specialty 615	Percentage % 48.7	Total number of applications 1262
Specialty Broad Based Training (Pilot)	Only applying to one specialty 8	Percentage % 3.1	Total number of applications 258
Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery (Pilot)	Only applying to one specialty 13	Percentage % 18.1	Total number of applications 72
Specialty Clinical Radiology	Only applying to one specialty 367	Percentage % 46.0	Total number of applications 798
Specialty Community Sexual and Reproductive Health	Only applying to one specialty 16	Percentage % 18.4	Total number of applications 87
Specialty Core Medical Training (including ACCS Acute Medicine)	Only applying to one specialty 1607	Percentage % 52.4	Total number of applications 3065
Specialty Core Psychiatry Training	Only applying to one specialty 303	Percentage % 47.1	Total number of applications 643
Specialty Core Surgical Training	Only applying to one specialty 777	Percentage % 56.7	Total number of applications 1370
Specialty General Practice	Only applying to one specialty 3464	Percentage % 63.3	Total number of applications 5477
Specialty Histopathology	Only applying to one specialty 80	Percentage % 48.5	Total number of applications 165
Specialty Medical Microbiology	Only applying to one specialty 15	Percentage % 30.0	Total number of applications 50
Specialty Neurosurgery	Only applying to one specialty 52	Percentage % 32.7	Total number of applications 159
Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Only applying to one specialty 278	Percentage % 47.7	Total number of applications 583
Specialty Ophthalmology	Only applying to one specialty 168	Percentage % 47.6	Total number of applications 353
Specialty Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Pilot)	Only applying to one specialty 11	Percentage % 33.3	Total number of applications 33
Specialty Paediatrics and Child Health	Only applying to one specialty 437	Percentage % 53.7	Total number of applications 814
Specialty Public Health	Only applying to one specialty 552	Percentage % 80.5	Total number of applications 686
Specialty Total	Only applying to one specialty 9065	Percentage %	Total number of applications 16634

2014 Applicant behaviour - Percentage of applicants to a specialty that also applied to another specialty

Specialty	ACCS Emergency Medicine	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics	Broad Based Training	Cardiothoracic Surgery	Clinical Radiology	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine	Core Psychiatry Training	Core Surgical Training	General Practice	Histopathology	Medical Microbiology	Neurosurgery	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Ophthalmology	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Paediatrics	Public Health
Specialty Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine	ACCS Emergency Medicine 100	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 19	Broad Based Training 1	Cardiothoracic Surgery	Clinical Radiology 6	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 19	Core Psychiatry Training 2	Core Surgical Training 8	General Practice 25	Histopathology 1	Medical Microbiology	Neurosurgery 1	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 3	Ophthalmology 1	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Paediatrics 5	Public Health 1
Specialty Anaesthetics (including ACCS Anaesthetics)	ACCS Emergency Medicine 11	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 100	Broad Based Training 1	Cardiothoracic Surgery 1	Clinical Radiology 4	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 23	Core Psychiatry Training 2	Core Surgical Training 10	General Practice 18	Histopathology 1	Medical Microbiology 1	Neurosurgery 1	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2	Ophthalmology 2	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Paediatrics 3	Public Health 1
Specialty Broad Based Training	ACCS Emergency Medicine 3	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 3	Broad Based Training 100	Cardiothoracic Surgery 1	Clinical Radiology 5	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 2	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 36	Core Psychiatry Training 12	Core Surgical Training 5	General Practice 83	Histopathology 2	Medical Microbiology 1	Neurosurgery 1	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 4	Ophthalmology 2	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Paediatrics 14	Public Health 3
Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery	ACCS Emergency Medicine 4	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 11	Broad Based Training 4	Cardiothoracic Surgery 100	Clinical Radiology 13	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 6	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 13	Core Psychiatry Training 3	Core Surgical Training 78	General Practice 11	Histopathology 1	Medical Microbiology 3	Neurosurgery 14	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 8	Ophthalmology 11	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 4	Paediatrics 3	Public Health 4
Specialty Clinical Radiology	ACCS Emergency Medicine 6	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 6	Broad Based Training 2	Cardiothoracic Surgery 1	Clinical Radiology 100	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 1	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 19	Core Psychiatry Training 4	Core Surgical Training 12	General Practice 26	Histopathology 3	Medical Microbiology 1	Neurosurgery 2	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 4	Ophthalmology 5	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Paediatrics 2	Public Health 3
Specialty Community Sexual and Reproductive Health	ACCS Emergency Medicine	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 5	Broad Based Training 5	Cardiothoracic Surgery 5	Clinical Radiology 11	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 100	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 18	Core Psychiatry Training 8	Core Surgical Training 9	General Practice 52	Histopathology 3	Medical Microbiology 6	Neurosurgery 3	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 24	Ophthalmology 7	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1	Paediatrics 5	Public Health 7
Specialty Core Medical Training (including ACCS Acute Medicine)	ACCS Emergency Medicine 5	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 9	Broad Based Training 3	Cardiothoracic Surgery	Clinical Radiology 5	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 1	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 100	Core Psychiatry Training 3	Core Surgical Training 4	General Practice 28	Histopathology 1	Medical Microbiology 1	Neurosurgery	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2	Ophthalmology 2	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Paediatrics 4	Public Health 1
Specialty Core Psychiatry Training	ACCS Emergency Medicine 2	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 4	Broad Based Training 5	Cardiothoracic Surgery	Clinical Radiology 4	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 1	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 13	Core Psychiatry Training 100	Core Surgical Training 3	General Practice 41	Histopathology 2	Medical Microbiology 1	Neurosurgery	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2	Ophthalmology 2	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Paediatrics 3	Public Health 2
Specialty Core Surgical Training	ACCS Emergency Medicine 4	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 9	Broad Based Training 1	Cardiothoracic Surgery 4	Clinical Radiology 7	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 1	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 10	Core Psychiatry Training 1	Core Surgical Training 100	General Practice 13	Histopathology 1	Medical Microbiology	Neurosurgery 6	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 5	Ophthalmology 5	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1	Paediatrics 2	Public Health 2
Specialty General Practice	ACCS Emergency Medicine 4	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 4	Broad Based Training 4	Cardiothoracic Surgery	Clinical Radiology 4	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 1	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 16	Core Psychiatry Training 5	Core Surgical Training 3	General Practice 100	Histopathology 1	Medical Microbiology	Neurosurgery	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 3	Ophthalmology 1	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Paediatrics 4	Public Health 2
Specialty Histopathology	ACCS Emergency Medicine 4	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 5	Broad Based Training 4	Cardiothoracic Surgery 1	Clinical Radiology 16	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 2	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 17	Core Psychiatry Training 8	Core Surgical Training 5	General Practice 30	Histopathology 100	Medical Microbiology 2	Neurosurgery 1	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2	Ophthalmology 5	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Paediatrics	Public Health 6
Specialty Medical Microbiology	ACCS Emergency Medicine 2	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 16	Broad Based Training 6	Cardiothoracic Surgery 4	Clinical Radiology 14	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 10	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 32	Core Psychiatry Training 12	Core Surgical Training 12	General Practice 38	Histopathology 6	Medical Microbiology 100	Neurosurgery 4	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2	Ophthalmology 10	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2	Paediatrics 2	Public Health 30
Specialty Neurosurgery	ACCS Emergency Medicine 3	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 10	Broad Based Training 1	Cardiothoracic Surgery 6	Clinical Radiology 9	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 2	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 9	Core Psychiatry Training 2	Core Surgical Training 54	General Practice 7	Histopathology 1	Medical Microbiology 1	Neurosurgery 100	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 4	Ophthalmology 11	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1	Paediatrics 3	Public Health 3
Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology	ACCS Emergency Medicine 4	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 5	Broad Based Training 2	Cardiothoracic Surgery 1	Clinical Radiology 5	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 4	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 11	Core Psychiatry Training 2	Core Surgical Training 11	General Practice 31	Histopathology 1	Medical Microbiology	Neurosurgery 1	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 100	Ophthalmology 2	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Paediatrics 5	Public Health 1
Specialty Ophthalmology	ACCS Emergency Medicine 2	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 7	Broad Based Training 1	Cardiothoracic Surgery 2	Clinical Radiology 11	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 2	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 16	Core Psychiatry Training 3	Core Surgical Training 21	General Practice 23	Histopathology 2	Medical Microbiology 1	Neurosurgery 5	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 4	Ophthalmology 100	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1	Paediatrics 3	Public Health 3
Specialty Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	ACCS Emergency Medicine 6	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 6	Broad Based Training	Cardiothoracic Surgery 9	Clinical Radiology 6	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 3	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 3	Core Psychiatry Training 6	Core Surgical Training 58	General Practice 9	Histopathology	Medical Microbiology 3	Neurosurgery 6	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 3	Ophthalmology 12	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 100	Paediatrics 3	Public Health 6
Specialty Paediatrics	ACCS Emergency Medicine 5	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 4	Broad Based Training 5	Cardiothoracic Surgery	Clinical Radiology 2	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 15	Core Psychiatry Training 3	Core Surgical Training 3	General Practice 28	Histopathology	Medical Microbiology	Neurosurgery	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 3	Ophthalmology 1	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Paediatrics 100	Public Health 1
Specialty Public Health	ACCS Emergency Medicine 1	Anaesthetics incl. ACCS Anaesthetics 2	Broad Based Training 1	Cardiothoracic Surgery	Clinical Radiology 3	Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 2	Core Medical Training incl. ACCS Acute Medicine 4	Core Psychiatry Training 3	Core Surgical Training 3	General Practice 13	Histopathology 1	Medical Microbiology 2	Neurosurgery 1	Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1	Ophthalmology 2	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Paediatrics 1	Public Health 100