Competition ratios for the 2016 recruitment round for CT1 and ST1

2016 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 760 Posts available 344 Applicants per post 2.21
Specialty Anaesthetics (including ACCS Anaesthetics) Applications received 1263 Posts available 603 Applicants per post 2.09
Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery Applications received 61 Posts available 6 Applicants per post 10.17
Specialty Clinical Radiology Applications received 1074 Posts available 251 Applicants per post 4.28
Specialty Community Sexual and Reproductive Health Applications received 121 Posts available 7 Applicants per post 17.29
Specialty Core Medical Training (including ACCS Acute Medicine) Applications received 2516 Posts available 1640 Applicants per post 1.53
Specialty Core Psychiatry Training Applications received 745 Posts available 497 Applicants per post 1.50
Specialty Core Surgical Training Applications received 1622 Posts available 642 Applicants per post 2.53
Specialty General Practice Applications received 4863 Posts available 3802 Applicants per post 1.28
Specialty Histopathology Applications received 209 Posts available 83 Applicants per post 2.52
Specialty Neurosurgery Applications received 169 Posts available 26 Applicants per post 6.50
Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology Applications received 551 Posts available 272 Applicants per post 2.03
Specialty Ophthalmology Applications received 436 Posts available 90 Applicants per post 4.84
Specialty Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Applications received 19 Posts available 3 Applicants per post 6.33
Specialty Paediatrics Applications received 708 Posts available 430 Applicants per post 1.65
Specialty Public Health Applications received 738 Posts available 70 Applicants per post 10.54
Specialty Total Applications received 15855 Posts available 8766 Applicants per post 1.81

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

Application numbers include all applications received in the round. For some specialties, the total number of applications may be generated from 2 advertisements.

2016 CT1 / ST1 Round 1 Applicants and applications
Number of applications submitted Percentage of applicants %
Number of applications submitted 1 Percentage of applicants % 73.01
Number of applications submitted 2 Percentage of applicants % 19.55
Number of applications submitted 3 Percentage of applicants % 5.14
Number of applications submitted 4 Percentage of applicants % 1.37
Number of applications submitted 5 Percentage of applicants % 0.48
Number of applications submitted 6 Percentage of applicants % 0.25
Number of applications submitted 7 Percentage of applicants % 0.09
Number of applications submitted 8 Percentage of applicants % 0.05
Number of applications submitted 9 Percentage of applicants % 0.01
Number of applications submitted 10 Percentage of applicants % 0.01
Number of applications submitted 11 Percentage of applicants % 0.01
Number of applications submitted 12 Percentage of applicants % 0.02
Number of applications submitted 13 Percentage of applicants % 0.01
  1. 11600 applicants made 16074 applications.
  2. 73.01% of applicants applied to only one specialty.
2016 CT1 / ST1 Number of applicants applying 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 332 Total number of applications 760 Percentage % 43.68
Specialty Anaesthetics (including ACCS Anaesthetics) Only applying to one specialty 696 Total number of applications 1263 Percentage % 55.11
Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery Only applying to one specialty 10 Total number of applications 61 Percentage % 16.39
Specialty Clinical Radiology Only applying to one specialty 346 Total number of applications 1074 Percentage % 32.22
Specialty Community Sexual and Reproductive Health Only applying to one specialty 22 Total number of applications 121 Percentage % 18.18
Specialty Core Medical Training (including ACCS Cute Medicine) Only applying to one specialty 1370 Total number of applications 2516 Percentage % 54.45
Specialty Core Psychiatry Training Only applying to one specialty 312 Total number of applications 745 Percentage % 41.88
Specialty Core Surgical Training Only applying to one specialty 716 Total number of applications 1622 Percentage % 44.14
Specialty General Practice Only applying to one specialty 3086 Total number of applications 4863 Percentage % 63.46
Specialty Histopathology Only applying to one specialty 95 Total number of applications 209 Percentage % 45.45
Specialty Neurosurgery Only applying to one specialty 60 Total number of applications 169 Percentage % 35.50
Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology Only applying to one specialty 274 Total number of applications 551 Percentage % 49.73
Specialty Ophthalmology Only applying to one specialty 180 Total number of applications 436 Percentage % 41.28
Specialty Paediatrics Only applying to one specialty 416 Total number of applications 708 Percentage % 58.76
Specialty Public Health Only applying to one specialty 506 Total number of applications 738 Percentage % 68.56
2016 Combination of applications to specialties - Percentage of applicants to a specialty that also applied to another specialty
Specialty ACCS Emergency Medicine Anaesthetics Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinical Radiology Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine Core Medical Training Core Psychiatry Training Core Surgical Training General Practice Histopathology Neurosurgery Obstetrics and Gynaecology Ophthalmology Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Paediatrics Public Health
Specialty Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine ACCS Emergency Medicine   Anaesthetics 136 Cardiothoracic Surgery 3 Clinical Radiology 52 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 7 Core Medical Training 140 Core Psychiatry Training 27 Core Surgical Training 76 General Practice 169 Histopathology 9 Neurosurgery 7 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 24 Ophthalmology 16 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 0 Paediatrics 28 Public Health 15
Specialty Anaesthetics ACCS Emergency Medicine 136 Anaesthetics   Cardiothoracic Surgery 7 Clinical Radiology 91 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 5 Core Medical Training 244 Core Psychiatry Training 25 Core Surgical Training 113 General Practice 195 Histopathology 5 Neurosurgery 13 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 26 Ophthalmology 27 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1 Paediatrics 37 Public Health 20
Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery ACCS Emergency Medicine 3 Anaesthetics 7 Cardiothoracic Surgery   Clinical Radiology 15 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 1 Core Medical Training 8 Core Psychiatry Training 2 Core Surgical Training 57 General Practice 10 Histopathology 2 Neurosurgery 11 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 6 Ophthalmology 5 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 0 Paediatrics 2 Public Health 2
Specialty Clinical Radiology ACCS Emergency Medicine 52 Anaesthetics 91 Cardiothoracic Surgery 15 Clinical Radiology 160 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 22 Core Medical Training 168 Core Psychiatry Training 80 Core Surgical Training 198 General Practice 367 Histopathology 38 Neurosurgery 36 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 37 Ophthalmology 86 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 0 Paediatrics 35 Public Health 43
Specialty Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine ACCS Emergency Medicine 7 Anaesthetics 5 Cardiothoracic Surgery 1 Clinical Radiology 22 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine   Core Medical Training 26 Core Psychiatry Training 22 Core Surgical Training 9 General Practice 61 Histopathology 2 Neurosurgery 1 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 35 Ophthalmology 4 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 0 Paediatrics 10 Public Health 20
Specialty Core Medical Training ACCS Emergency Medicine 140 Anaesthetics 244 Cardiothoracic Surgery 8 Clinical Radiology 168 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 26 Core Medical Training   Core Psychiatry Training 95 Core Surgical Training 165 General Practice 630 Histopathology 22 Neurosurgery 16 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 66 Ophthalmology 59 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 0 Paediatrics 85 Public Health 51
Specialty Core Psychiatry Training ACCS Emergency Medicine 27 Anaesthetics 25 Cardiothoracic Surgery 2 Clinical Radiology 80 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 22 Core Medical Training 95 Core Psychiatry Training 40 Core Surgical Training 34 General Practice 332 Histopathology 22 Neurosurgery 5 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 30 Ophthalmology 24 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 0 Paediatrics 38 Public Health 60
Specialty Core Surgical Training ACCS Emergency Medicine 76 Anaesthetics 113 Cardiothoracic Surgery 57 Clinical Radiology 198 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 9 Core Medical Training 165 Core Psychiatry Training 34 Core Surgical Training 222 General Practice 255 Histopathology 7 Neurosurgery 99 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 91 Ophthalmology 85 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 17 Paediatrics 24 Public Health 28
Specialty General Practice ACCS Emergency Medicine 169 Anaesthetics 195 Cardiothoracic Surgery 10 Clinical Radiology 367 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 61 Core Medical Training 630 Core Psychiatry Training 332 Core Surgical Training 255 General Practice   Histopathology 52 Neurosurgery 17 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 167 Ophthalmology 137 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2 Paediatrics 171 Public Health 132
Specialty Histopathology ACCS Emergency Medicine 9 Anaesthetics 5 Cardiothoracic Surgery 2 Clinical Radiology 38 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 2 Core Medical Training 22 Core Psychiatry Training 22 Core Surgical Training 7 General Practice 52 Histopathology 26 Neurosurgery 2 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 4 Ophthalmology 6 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 0 Paediatrics 3 Public Health 16
Specialty Neurosurgery ACCS Emergency Medicine 7 Anaesthetics 13 Cardiothoracic Surgery 11 Clinical Radiology 36 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 1 Core Medical Training 16 Core Psychiatry Training 5 Core Surgical Training 99 General Practice 17 Histopathology 2 Neurosurgery   Obstetrics and Gynaecology 8 Ophthalmology 18 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 0 Paediatrics 3 Public Health 3
Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology ACCS Emergency Medicine 24 Anaesthetics 26 Cardiothoracic Surgery 6 Clinical Radiology 37 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 35 Core Medical Training 66 Core Psychiatry Training 30 Core Surgical Training 91 General Practice 167 Histopathology 4 Neurosurgery 8 Obstetrics and Gynaecology   Ophthalmology 12 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 0 Paediatrics 23 Public Health 20
Specialty Ophthalmology ACCS Emergency Medicine 16 Anaesthetics 27 Cardiothoracic Surgery 5 Clinical Radiology 86 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 4 Core Medical Training 59 Core Psychiatry Training 24 Core Surgical Training 85 General Practice 137 Histopathology 6 Neurosurgery 18 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 12 Ophthalmology   Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1 Paediatrics 15 Public Health 20
Specialty Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ACCS Emergency Medicine 0 Anaesthetics 1 Cardiothoracic Surgery 0 Clinical Radiology 0 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 0 Core Medical Training 0 Core Psychiatry Training 0 Core Surgical Training 17 General Practice 2 Histopathology 0 Neurosurgery 0 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 0 Ophthalmology 1 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   Paediatrics 0 Public Health 0
Specialty Paediatrics ACCS Emergency Medicine 28 Anaesthetics 37 Cardiothoracic Surgery 2 Clinical Radiology 35 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 10 Core Medical Training 85 Core Psychiatry Training 38 Core Surgical Training 24 General Practice 171 Histopathology 3 Neurosurgery 3 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 23 Ophthalmology 15 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 0 Paediatrics   Public Health 19
Specialty Public Health ACCS Emergency Medicine 15 Anaesthetics 20 Cardiothoracic Surgery 2 Clinical Radiology 43 Community Sexual and Reproducitive Health Medicine 20 Core Medical Training 51 Core Psychiatry Training 60 Core Surgical Training 28 General Practice 132 Histopathology 16 Neurosurgery 3 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 20 Ophthalmology 20 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 0 Paediatrics 19 Public Health 24

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