Competition ratios for 2017
Competition ratios for the 2017 recruitment round for CT1 / ST1
| Specialty | Applications received | Posts available | Applicants per post |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine | Applications received 675 | Posts available 340 | Applicants per post 1.99 |
| Specialty Anaesthetics (including ACCS Anaesthetics) | Applications received 1296 | Posts available 601 | Applicants per post 2.16 |
| Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery | Applications received 64 | Posts available 10 | Applicants per post 6.40 |
| Specialty Clinical Radiology | Applications received 1021 | Posts available 267 | Applicants per post 3.82 |
| Specialty Community Sexual and Reproductive Health | Applications received 99 | Posts available 4 | Applicants per post 24.75 |
| Specialty Core Medical Training (including ACCS Acute Medicine) | Applications received 2343 | Posts available 1657 | Applicants per post 1.41 |
| Specialty Core Psychiatry Training | Applications received 623 | Posts available 495 | Applicants per post 1.26 |
| Specialty Core Surgical Training | Applications received 1608 | Posts available 629 | Applicants per post 2.56 |
| Specialty General Practice | Applications received 5097 | Posts available 3857 | Applicants per post 1.32 |
| Specialty Histopathology | Applications received 174 | Posts available 95 | Applicants per post 1.83 |
| Specialty Neurosurgery | Applications received 152 | Posts available 29 | Applicants per post 5.24 |
| Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Applications received 555 | Posts available 263 | Applicants per post 2.11 |
| Specialty Ophthalmology | Applications received 405 | Posts available 77 | Applicants per post 5.26 |
| Specialty Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Applications received 20 | Posts available 8 | Applicants per post 2.50 |
| Specialty Paediatrics | Applications received 580 | Posts available 437 | Applicants per post 1.33 |
| Specialty Public Health Medicine | Applications received 718 | Posts available 77 | Applicants per post 9.32 |
Applications and posts are for Round 1 only and do not include any re-advertisements.
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 % 53.06 |
| Number of applications submitted 2 | Percentage of applicants % 26.82 |
| Number of applications submitted 3 | Percentage of applicants % 11.19 |
| Number of applications submitted 4 | Percentage of applicants % 4.18 |
| Number of applications submitted 5 | Percentage of applicants % 1.93 |
| Number of applications submitted 6 | Percentage of applicants % 1.10 |
| Number of applications submitted 7 | Percentage of applicants % 0.75 |
| Number of applications submitted 8 | Percentage of applicants % 0.41 |
| Number of applications submitted 9 | Percentage of applicants % 0.12 |
| Number of applications submitted 12 | Percentage of applicants % 0.15 |
| Number of applications submitted 13 | Percentage of applicants % 0.08 |
| Number of applications submitted 15 | Percentage of applicants % 0.09 |
| Number of applications submitted 18 | Percentage of applicants % 0.12 |
11375 applicants made 15794 applications.
| Specialty | Only applying to one specialty | Total number of applications | Percentage % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine | Only applying to one specialty 301 | Total number of applications 675 | Percentage % 44.59 |
| Specialty Anaesthetics (including ACCS Anaesthetics) | Only applying to one specialty 694 | Total number of applications 1296 | Percentage % 53.55 |
| Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery | Only applying to one specialty 12 | Total number of applications 64 | Percentage % 18.75 |
| Specialty Clinical Radiology | Only applying to one specialty 313 | Total number of applications 1021 | Percentage % 30.66 |
| Specialty Community Sexual and Reproductive Health | Only applying to one specialty 14 | Total number of applications 99 | Percentage % 14.14 |
| Specialty Core Medical Training (including ACCS Acute Medicine) | Only applying to one specialty 1313 | Total number of applications 2343 | Percentage % 56.04 |
| Specialty Core Psychiatry Training | Only applying to one specialty 271 | Total number of applications 623 | Percentage % 43.50 |
| Specialty Core Surgical Training | Only applying to one specialty 730 | Total number of applications 1608 | Percentage % 45.40 |
| Specialty General Practice | Only applying to one specialty 3273 | Total number of applications 5097 | Percentage % 64.21 |
| Specialty Histopathology | Only applying to one specialty 79 | Total number of applications 174 | Percentage % 45.40 |
| Specialty Neurosurgery | Only applying to one specialty 55 | Total number of applications 152 | Percentage % 36.18 |
| Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Only applying to one specialty 240 | Total number of applications 555 | Percentage % 43.24 |
| Specialty Ophthalmology | Only applying to one specialty 172 | Total number of applications 405 | Percentage % 42.47 |
| Specialty Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Only applying to one specialty 2 | Total number of applications 20 | Percentage % 10.00 |
| Specialty Paediatrics | Only applying to one specialty 361 | Total number of applications 580 | Percentage % 62.24 |
| Specialty Public Health Medicine | Only applying to one specialty 508 | Total number of applications 718 | Percentage % 70.75 |
| Specialty | ACCS Emergency Medicine | Anaesthetics | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Chemical Pathology | Clinical Radiology | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health | 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 145 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 5 | Chemical Pathology | Clinical Radiology 51 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 5 | Core Medical Training 124 | Core Psychiatry Training 20 | Core Surgical Training 81 | General Practice 170 | Histopathology 8 | Neurosurgery 5 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 30 | Ophthalmology 15 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2 | Paediatrics 23 | Public Health 14 |
| Specialty Anaesthetics | ACCS Emergency Medicine 145 | Anaesthetics | Cardiothoracic Surgery 6 | Chemical Pathology | Clinical Radiology 104 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 6 | Core Medical Training 251 | Core Psychiatry Training 28 | Core Surgical Training 130 | General Practice 234 | Histopathology 8 | Neurosurgery 17 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 35 | Ophthalmology 32 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1 | Paediatrics 38 | Public Health 16 |
| Specialty Cardiothoracic Surgery | ACCS Emergency Medicine 5 | Anaesthetics 6 | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Chemical Pathology | Clinical Radiology 11 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 2 | Core Medical Training 8 | Core Psychiatry Training 1 | Core Surgical Training 60 | General Practice 19 | Histopathology 1 | Neurosurgery 9 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 9 | Ophthalmology 5 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1 | Paediatrics 3 | Public Health 3 |
| Specialty Chemical Pathology | ACCS Emergency Medicine | Anaesthetics | Cardiothoracic Surgery | Chemical Pathology | Clinical Radiology 1 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 1 | Core Medical Training 2 | Core Psychiatry Training 5 | Core Surgical Training | General Practice 5 | Histopathology 2 | Neurosurgery | Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Ophthalmology | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Paediatrics | Public Health 3 |
| Specialty Clinical Radiology | ACCS Emergency Medicine 51 | Anaesthetics 104 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 11 | Chemical Pathology 1 | Clinical Radiology 138 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 14 | Core Medical Training 165 | Core Psychiatry Training 67 | Core Surgical Training 192 | General Practice 442 | Histopathology 41 | Neurosurgery 25 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 65 | Ophthalmology 77 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 6 | Paediatrics 24 | Public Health 50 |
| Specialty Community Sexual and Reproductive Health | ACCS Emergency Medicine 5 | Anaesthetics 6 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 2 | Chemical Pathology 1 | Clinical Radiology 14 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health | Core Medical Training 19 | Core Psychiatry Training 13 | Core Surgical Training 10 | General Practice 58 | Histopathology 5 | Neurosurgery 2 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 35 | Ophthalmology 4 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Paediatrics 2 | Public Health 28 |
| Specialty Core Medical Training | ACCS Emergency Medicine 124 | Anaesthetics 251 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 8 | Chemical Pathology 2 | Clinical Radiology 165 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 19 | Core Medical Training | Core Psychiatry Training 75 | Core Surgical Training 143 | General Practice 605 | Histopathology 26 | Neurosurgery 15 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 75 | Ophthalmology 64 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 3 | Paediatrics 69 | Public Health 54 |
| Specialty Core Psychiatry Training | ACCS Emergency Medicine 20 | Anaesthetics 28 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 1 | Chemical Pathology 5 | Clinical Radiology 37 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 13 | Core Medical Training 75 | Core Psychiatry Training 16 | Core Surgical Training 24 | General Practice 278 | Histopathology 16 | Neurosurgery 2 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 21 | Ophthalmology 18 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Paediatrics 15 | Public Health 42 |
| Specialty Core Surgical Training | ACCS Emergency Medicine 81 | Anaesthetics 130 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 60 | Chemical Pathology | Clinical Radiology 192 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 10 | Core Medical Training 143 | Core Psychiatry Training 24 | Core Surgical Training 254 | General Practice 291 | Histopathology 13 | Neurosurgery 83 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 111 | Ophthalmology 92 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 19 | Paediatrics 30 | Public Health 21 |
| Specialty General Practice | ACCS Emergency Medicine 170 | Anaesthetics 234 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 19 | Chemical Pathology 5 | Clinical Radiology 442 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 58 | Core Medical Training 605 | Core Psychiatry Training 278 | Core Surgical Training 291 | General Practice 322 | Histopathology 39 | Neurosurgery 21 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 191 | Ophthalmology 150 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 3 | Paediatrics 134 | Public Health 143 |
| Specialty Histopathology | ACCS Emergency Medicine 6 | Anaesthetics 8 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 1 | Chemical Pathology 2 | Clinical Radiology 41 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 5 | Core Medical Training 26 | Core Psychiatry Training 16 | Core Surgical Training 13 | General Practice 39 | Histopathology 16 | Neurosurgery 5 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 11 | Ophthalmology 8 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Paediatrics 6 | Public Health 16 |
| Specialty Neurosurgery | ACCS Emergency Medicine 5 | Anaesthetics 17 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 9 | Chemical Pathology | Clinical Radiology 25 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 2 | Core Medical Training 15 | Core Psychiatry Training 2 | Core Surgical Training 83 | General Practice 21 | Histopathology 5 | Neurosurgery | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 11 | Ophthalmology 14 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2 | Paediatrics 3 | Public Health 7 |
| Specialty Obstetrics and Gynaecology | ACCS Emergency Medicine 30 | Anaesthetics 35 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 9 | Chemical Pathology | Clinical Radiology 65 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 35 | Core Medical Training 75 | Core Psychiatry Training 21 | Core Surgical Training 111 | General Practice 191 | Histopathology 11 | Neurosurgery 11 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 72 | Ophthalmology 19 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2 | Paediatrics 22 | Public Health 22 |
| Specialty Ophthalmology | ACCS Emergency Medicine 15 | Anaesthetics 32 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 5 | Chemical Pathology | Clinical Radiology 77 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 4 | Core Medical Training 64 | Core Psychiatry Training 18 | Core Surgical Training 92 | General Practice 150 | Histopathology 8 | Neurosurgery 14 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 19 | Ophthalmology | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 4 | Paediatrics 12 | Public Health 17 |
| Specialty Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | ACCS Emergency Medicine 2 | Anaesthetics 1 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 1 | Chemical Pathology | Clinical Radiology 6 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health | Core Medical Training 3 | Core Psychiatry Training | Core Surgical Training 19 | General Practice 3 | Histopathology | Neurosurgery 2 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2 | Ophthalmology 4 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Paediatrics 2 | Public Health 3 |
| Specialty Paediatrics | ACCS Emergency Medicine 23 | Anaesthetics 38 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 3 | Chemical Pathology | Clinical Radiology 24 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 2 | Core Medical Training 69 | Core Psychiatry Training 15 | Core Surgical Training 30 | General Practice 134 | Histopathology 6 | Neurosurgery 3 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 22 | Ophthalmology 12 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2 | Paediatrics | Public Health 12 |
| Specialty Public Health | ACCS Emergency Medicine 14 | Anaesthetics 16 | Cardiothoracic Surgery 3 | Chemical Pathology 3 | Clinical Radiology 50 | Community Sexual and Reproductive Health 28 | Core Medical Training 54 | Core Psychiatry Training 42 | Core Surgical Training 21 | General Practice 143 | Histopathology 16 | Neurosurgery 7 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology 22 | Ophthalmology 17 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 3 | Paediatrics 12 | Public Health 20 |
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