Competition ratios for 2016 (CT1 and ST1)
Competition ratios for the 2016 recruitment round for CT1 and ST1
| 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.
| 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 |
- 11600 applicants made 16074 applications.
- 73.01% 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 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 |
| 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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