Competition ratios for 2015
Competition ratios for the 2015 recruitment round for CT1 / ST1
| Specialty | Applications received | Posts available | Applicants per post |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine | Applications received 881 | Posts available 363 | Applicants per post 2.43 |
| Specialty Anaesthetics (including ACCS Anaesthetics) | Applications received 1294 | Posts available 629 | Applicants per post 2.06 |
| Specialty Broad Based Training | Applications received 363 | Posts available 83 | Applicants per post 4.37 |
| Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery | Applications received 68 | Posts available 8 | Applicants per post 8.50 |
| Specialty Clinical Radiology | Applications received 917 | Posts available 247 | Applicants per post 3.71 |
| Specialty Community Sexual and Reproductive Health | Applications received 100 | Posts available 2 | Applicants per post 50.00 |
| Specialty Core Medical Training (including ACCS Acute Medicine) | Applications received 2632 | Posts available 1550 | Applicants per post 1.70 |
| Specialty Core Psychiatry Training | Applications received 662 | Posts available 466 | Applicants per post 1.42 |
| Specialty Core Surgical Training | Applications received 1396 | Posts available 604 | Applicants per post 2.31 |
| Specialty General Practice | Applications received 5112 | Posts available 3612 | Applicants per post 1.42 |
| Specialty Histopathology | Applications received 189 | Posts available 79 | Applicants per post 2.39 |
| Specialty Neurosurgery | Applications received 169 | Posts available 30 | Applicants per post 5.63 |
| Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Applications received 599 | Posts available 238 | Applicants per post 2.52 |
| Specialty Ophthalmology | Applications received 374 | Posts available 95 | Applicants per post 3.94 |
| Specialty Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Applications received 27 | Posts available 5 | Applicants per post 5.40 |
| Specialty Paediatrics | Applications received 801 | Posts available 446 | Applicants per post 1.80 |
| Specialty Public Health | Applications received 724 | Posts available 88 | Applicants per post 8.23 |
Applications and posts are for Round 1 only and do not count any readvertisements
| Number of applications submitted | Percentage of applicants % |
|---|---|
| Number of applications submitted 1 | Percentage of applicants % 72.12 |
| Number of applications submitted 2 | Percentage of applicants % 20.36 |
| Number of applications submitted 3 | Percentage of applicants % 5.32 |
| Number of applications submitted 4 | Percentage of applicants % 1.40 |
| Number of applications submitted 5 | Percentage of applicants % 0.41 |
| Number of applications submitted 6 | Percentage of applicants % 0.18 |
| Number of applications submitted 7 | Percentage of applicants % 0.07 |
| Number of applications submitted 8 | Percentage of applicants % 0.07 |
| Number of applications submitted 9 | Percentage of applicants % 0.03 |
| Number of applications submitted 10 | Percentage of applicants % 0.02 |
| Number of applications submitted 11 | Percentage of applicants % 0.01 |
| Number of applications submitted 13 | Percentage of applicants % 0.01 |
- 12033 applicants made 16308 applications.
- 72.12% of applicants applied to only one specialty.
| Specialty | Only applying to one specialty | Total number of applications | Percentage % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine | Only applying to one specialty 353 | Total number of applications 888 | Percentage % 39.8 |
| Specialty Anaesthetics (including ACCS Anaesthetics) | Only applying to one specialty 646 | Total number of applications 1298 | Percentage % 49.8 |
| Specialty Broad Based Training | Only applying to one specialty 24 | Total number of applications 362 | Percentage % 6.6 |
| Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery | Only applying to one specialty 14 | Total number of applications 68 | Percentage % 20.6 |
| Specialty Clinical Radiology | Only applying to one specialty 311 | Total number of applications 944 | Percentage % 32.9 |
| Specialty Community Sexual and Reproductive Health | Only applying to one specialty 17 | Total number of applications 100 | Percentage % 17.0 |
| Specialty Core Medical Training (including ACCS Acute Medicine) | Only applying to one specialty 1273 | Total number of applications 2634 | Percentage % 48.3 |
| Specialty Core Psychiatry Training | Only applying to one specialty 293 | Total number of applications 707 | Percentage % 41.4 |
| Specialty Core Surgical Training | Only applying to one specialty 678 | Total number of applications 1440 | Percentage % 47.1 |
| Specialty General Practice | Only applying to one specialty 2999 | Total number of applications 5143 | Percentage % 58.3 |
| Specialty Histopathology | Only applying to one specialty 73 | Total number of applications 204 | Percentage % 35.8 |
| Specialty Neurosurgery | Only applying to one specialty 53 | Total number of applications 175 | Percentage % 30.3 |
| Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Only applying to one specialty 282 | Total number of applications 634 | Percentage % 44.5 |
| Specialty Ophthalmology | Only applying to one specialty 165 | Total number of applications 382 | Percentage % 43.2 |
| Specialty Paediatrics | Only applying to one specialty 418 | Total number of applications 823 | Percentage % 50.8 |
| Specialty Public Health | Only applying to one specialty 516 | Total number of applications 751 | Percentage % 68.7 |
| Specialty | Paediatrics | Ophthalmology | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Neurosurgery | Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health | Histopathology | Clinical Radiology | Anaesthetics | General Practice | Public Health | ACCS Emergency Medicine | Broad Based Training | Core Medical Training | Core Psychiatry Training | Core Surgical Training |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty Paediatrics | Paediatrics 823 | Ophthalmology 17 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 4 | Neurosurgery 5 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 29 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 4 | Histopathology 5 | Clinical Radiology 33 | Anaesthetics 40 | General Practice 217 | Public Health 16 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 42 | Broad Based Training 68 | Core Medical Training 116 | Core Psychiatry Training 31 | Core Surgical Training 21 |
| Specialty Ophthalmology | Paediatrics 17 | Ophthalmology 382 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 9 | Neurosurgery 14 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 11 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 4 | Histopathology 12 | Clinical Radiology 59 | Anaesthetics 26 | General Practice 109 | Public Health 14 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 17 | Broad Based Training 10 | Core Medical Training 56 | Core Psychiatry Training 16 | Core Surgical Training 51 |
| Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery | Paediatrics 4 | Ophthalmology 9 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 68 | Neurosurgery 12 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 5 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 1 | Histopathology 3 | Clinical Radiology 13 | Anaesthetics 8 | General Practice 8 | Public Health 0 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 6 | Broad Based Training 3 | Core Medical Training 9 | Core Psychiatry Training 3 | Core Surgical Training 47 |
| Specialty Neurosurgery | Paediatrics 5 | Ophthalmology 14 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 12 | Neurosurgery 175 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 5 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 1 | Histopathology 5 | Clinical Radiology 27 | Anaesthetics 16 | General Practice 18 | Public Health 0 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 9 | Broad Based Training 3 | Core Medical Training 16 | Core Psychiatry Training 5 | Core Surgical Training 86 |
| Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Paediatrics 29 | Ophthalmology 11 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 5 | Neurosurgery 5 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 634 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 27 | Histopathology 6 | Clinical Radiology 37 | Anaesthetics 35 | General Practice 178 | Public Health 10 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 33 | Broad Based Training 17 | Core Medical Training 79 | Core Psychiatry Training 26 | Core Surgical Training 83 |
| Specialty Community Sexual and Reproductive Health | Paediatrics 4 | Ophthalmology 4 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 1 | Neurosurgery 1 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 27 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 100 | Histopathology 6 | Clinical Radiology 18 | Anaesthetics 4 | General Practice 58 | Public Health 16 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 9 | Broad Based Training 10 | Core Medical Training 25 | Core Psychiatry Training 16 | Core Surgical Training 5 |
| Specialty Histopathology | Paediatrics 5 | Ophthalmology 12 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 3 | Neurosurgery 5 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 6 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 6 | Histopathology 204 | Clinical Radiology 42 | Anaesthetics 9 | General Practice 76 | Public Health 17 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 12 | Broad Based Training 6 | Core Medical Training 35 | Core Psychiatry Training 16 | Core Surgical Training 12 |
| Specialty Clinical Radiology | Paediatrics 33 | Ophthalmology 59 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 13 | Neurosurgery 27 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 37 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 18 | Histopathology 42 | Clinical Radiology 944 | Anaesthetics 84 | General Practice 318 | Public Health 55 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 64 | Broad Based Training 30 | Core Medical Training 167 | Core Psychiatry Training 57 | Core Surgical Training 153 |
| Specialty Anaesthetics | Paediatrics 40 | Ophthalmology 26 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 8 | Neurosurgery 16 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 35 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 4 | Histopathology 9 | Clinical Radiology 84 | Anaesthetics 1298 | General Practice 218 | Public Health 13 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 164 | Broad Based Training 20 | Core Medical Training 279 | Core Psychiatry Training 32 | Core Surgical Training 111 |
| Specialty General Practice | Paediatrics 217 | Ophthalmology 109 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 8 | Neurosurgery 18 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 178 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 58 | Histopathology 76 | Clinical Radiology 318 | Anaesthetics 218 | General Practice 5143 | Public Health 144 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 239 | Broad Based Training 253 | Core Medical Training 754 | Core Psychiatry Training 312 | Core Surgical Training 226 |
| Specialty Public Health | Paediatrics 16 | Ophthalmology 14 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 0 | Neurosurgery 0 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 10 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 16 | Histopathology 17 | Clinical Radiology 55 | Anaesthetics 13 | General Practice 144 | Public Health 751 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 15 | Broad Based Training 15 | Core Medical Training 54 | Core Psychiatry Training 38 | Core Surgical Training 10 |
| Specialty Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine | Paediatrics 42 | Ophthalmology 17 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 6 | Neurosurgery 9 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 33 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 9 | Histopathology 12 | Clinical Radiology 64 | Anaesthetics 164 | General Practice 239 | Public Health 15 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 888 | Broad Based Training 28 | Core Medical Training 174 | Core Psychiatry Training 27 | Core Surgical Training 80 |
| Specialty Broad Based Training | Paediatrics 68 | Ophthalmology 10 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 3 | Neurosurgery 3 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 17 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 10 | Histopathology 6 | Clinical Radiology 30 | Anaesthetics 20 | General Practice 253 | Public Health 15 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 28 | Broad Based Training 362 | Core Medical Training 127 | Core Psychiatry Training 53 | Core Surgical Training 16 |
| Specialty Core Medical Training | Paediatrics 116 | Ophthalmology 56 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 9 | Neurosurgery 16 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 79 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 25 | Histopathology 35 | Clinical Radiology 167 | Anaesthetics 279 | General Practice 754 | Public Health 54 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 174 | Broad Based Training 127 | Core Medical Training 2634 | Core Psychiatry Training 109 | Core Surgical Training 121 |
| Specialty Core Psychiatry Training | Paediatrics 31 | Ophthalmology 16 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 3 | Neurosurgery 5 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 26 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 16 | Histopathology 16 | Clinical Radiology 57 | Anaesthetics 32 | General Practice 312 | Public Health 38 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 27 | Broad Based Training 53 | Core Medical Training 109 | Core Psychiatry Training 707 | Core Surgical Training 25 |
| Specialty Core Surgical Training | Paediatrics 21 | Ophthalmology 51 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 47 | Neurosurgery 86 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 83 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 5 | Histopathology 12 | Clinical Radiology 153 | Anaesthetics 111 | General Practice 226 | Public Health 10 | ACCS Emergency Medicine 80 | Broad Based Training 16 | Core Medical Training 121 | Core Psychiatry Training 25 | Core Surgical Training 1440 |
Crossover of applicants applying to combinations of specialties.
Page last reviewed: 25 August 2022