Specialty recruitment: round 1 - acceptance and fill rate

The below table provides the latest recruitment data for training positions starting from August 2020.

The current fill rate is for round 1 and round 1A and provides a comparison to the same stage in 2019 and 2018.

Specialty	2020 Posts	2020 Accepts	2020 Fill Rate	2019 Posts	2019 Accepts	2019 Fill Rate	2018 Posts	2018 Accepts	2018 Fill Rate
ACCS Anaesthetics/Core Anaesthetics	451	451	100.00%	450	450	100.00%	463	462	99.78%
Cardio-thoracic surgery	10	10	100.00%	10	10	100.00%	9	9	100.00%
Community Sexual and Reproductive Health	6	6	100.00%	5	5	100.00%	9	8	88.89%
Core Surgical Training	507	506	99.80%	515	515	100.00%	510	508	99.61%
Histopathology	81	81	100.00%	76	76	100.00%	83	64	77.11%
Neurosurgery	22	22	100.00%	21	21	100.00%	28	28	100.00%
Ophthalmology	59	59	100.00%	79	79	100.00%	72	72	100.00%
Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery	9	9	100.00%	6	6	100.00%	7	7	100.00%
Public Health Medicine	70	70	100.00%	77	77	100.00%	72	72	100.00%
Internal Medicine Training	1376	1390	101.02%	1364	1357	99.49%	1418	1389	97.95%
Clinical Radiology	252	251	99.60%	250	249	99.60%	234	234	100.00%
Core Psychiatry Training	349	347	99.43%	412	381	92.48%	463	366	79.05%
ACCS - Emergency Medicine	317	315	99.37%	331	324	97.89%	325	323	99.38%
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	230	224	97.39%	231	223	96.54%	235	231	98.30%
Paediatrics	394	382	96.95%	419	347	82.82%	423	346	81.80%
General Practice	3549	3441	96.96%	3250	2981	91.72%	3250	2931	90.18%
Total	7682	7564	98.46%	7496	7101	98.31%	7601	7050	92.75%

Further advertisements are underway for Anaesthesia, General Practice and Core Psychiatry, with an anticipated start date in February 2021.

Data was produced at 14/07/2020 from www.oriel.nhs.uk