Specialty recruitment: round 1 - acceptance and fill rate
The below table provides the latest recruitment data for training positions starting from August 2017.
The current fill rate is for round 1 only and provides a comparison to the same stage in 2016. While some specialties complete recruitment after this round, others continue to recruit and therefore the number of trainees in these areas will rise as a result of a further round of recruitment. Those specialties where this applies are psychiatry, GP, medicine, anaesthetics and emergency medicine.
| 2017 | R1 2016 | Comparison | |||||||
| Posts | Accepts | Fill Rate | Posts | Accepts | Fill Rate | Posts | Accepts | Fill Rate | |
| ACCS Acute Med/Core Medical Training | 1423 | 1289 | 90.58% | 1334 | 1308 | 98.05% | 89 | -19 | -7.47% |
| ACCS Anaesthesia/Core Anaesthesia | 486 | 471 | 96.91% | 488 | 485 | 99.39% | -2 | -14 | -2.47% |
| ACCS Emergency Medicine | 305 | 279 | 91.48% | 316 | 310 | 98.10% | -11 | -31 | -6.63% |
| Cardio-thoracic surgery | 8 | 7 | 87.50% | 5 | 5 | 100.00% | 3 | 2 | -12.50% |
| Clinical Radiology | 226 | 226 | 100.00% | 212 | 212 | 100.00% | 14 | 14 | 0.00% |
| Community Sexual and Reproductive Health | 4 | 4 | 100.00% | 5 | 5 | 100.00% | -1 | -1 | 0.00% |
| Core Psychiatry Training | 428 | 280 | 65.42% | 417 | 349 | 83.69% | 11 | -69 | -18.27% |
| Core Surgical Training | 501 | 500 | 99.80% | 507 | 505 | 99.61% | -6 | -5 | 0.19% |
| General Practice | 3250 | 2732 | 84.06% | 3250 | 2691 | 82.80% | 0 | 41 | 1.26% |
| Histopathology | 85 | 61 | 71.76% | 79 | 78 | 98.73% | 6 | -17 | -26.97% |
| Neurosurgery | 27 | 27 | 100.00% | 23 | 23 | 100.00% | 4 | 4 | 0.00% |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 235 | 235 | 100.00% | 230 | 229 | 99.57% | 5 | 6 | -0.43% |
| Ophthalmology | 55 | 55 | 100.00% | 60 | 60 | 100.00% | -5 | -5 | 0.00% |
| Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery | 7 | 7 | 100.00% | 3 | 3 | 100.00% | 4 | 4 | 0.00% |
| Paediatrics | 377 | 336 | 89.12% | 379 | 352 | 92.88% | -2 | -16 | -3.75% |
| Public Health Medicine | 70 | 70 | 100.00% | 58 | 58 | 100.00% | 12 | 12 | 0.00% |
| Total | 7487 | 6579 | 87.87% | 7366 | 6673 | 90.59% | 121 | -94 | -2.72% |
The below table shows the final fill rate information for specialty training 2016.
| Core/Specialty Training 1 | 2016 posts | 2016 accepts | 2016 fill rate % | 2015 posts | 2015 accepts | 2015 fill rate % |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 5 | 5 | 100.00% | 6 | 6 | 100.00% |
| Clinical Radiology | 212 | 212 | 100.00% | 212 | 212 | 100.00% |
| Community Sexual and Reproductive Health | 5 | 5 | 100.00% | 2 | 2 | 100.00% |
| Neurosurgery | 23 | 23 | 100.00% | 28 | 28 | 100.00% |
| Ophthalmology | 61 | 61 | 100.00% | 74 | 74 | 100.00% |
| Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery | 3 | 3 | 100.00% | 5 | 5 | 100.00% |
| Public Health Medicine | 57 | 57 | 100.00% | 78 | 78 | 100.00% |
| Core Surgical Training | 507 | 506 | 99.80% | 508 | 498 | 98.03% |
| ACCS Anaesthetics/Core Anaesthetics | 487 | 483 | 99.18% | 519 | 519 | 100.00% |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 230 | 228 | 99.13% | 205 | 205 | 100.00% |
| ACCS Emergency Medicine | 321 | 317 | 98.75% | 327 | 325 | 99.39% |
| Histopathology | 79 | 78 | 98.73% | 74 | 76 | 102.70% |
| ACCS Acute Medicine/Core Medical Training | 1375 | 1309 | 95.20% | 1368 | 1339 | 97.88% |
| Paediatrics | 379 | 352 | 92.88% | 373 | 359 | 96.25% |
| General Practice | 3250 | 3019 | 92.89% | 3117 | 2769 | 88.84% |
| Core Psychiatry Training | 506 | 406 | 80.24% | 463 | 363 | 78.40% |
| Total | 7500 | 7064 | 94.19% | 7359 | 6858 | 93.19% |
This Page was last updated on: 31 August 2017