Competition Ratios
The below tables indicate the national
competition ratios in 2012. Please note these are from the inital
round of recruitment into these specialties and does not include
readvertisements.
Click the following links for previous years
2009, 2010, 2011
Level 1 Competition Ratios (CT1 and ST1)
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|
2012
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|
Applications
|
Posts
|
Ratio
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|
ACCS EM
|
419
|
182
|
2.3
|
|
Anaesthesia & ACCS Anaes
|
1050
|
525
|
2.0
|
|
CMT & ACCS AM
|
2672
|
1360
|
2.0
|
|
CST
|
2666
|
703
|
3.8
|
|
GP (England only)
|
5114
|
2774
|
1.8
|
|
Histopathology
|
118
|
80
|
1.5
|
|
Neurosurgery
|
254
|
16
|
15.9
|
|
O&G
|
607
|
211
|
2.9
|
|
Ophthalmology
|
287
|
93
|
3.1
|
|
Paediatrics
|
736
|
385
|
1.9
|
|
Psychiatry
|
609
|
439
|
1.4
|
|
Public Health
|
616
|
59
|
10.4
|
|
Radiology
|
693
|
181
|
3.8
|
|
Total
|
16635
|
7499
|
2.2
|
2012 Competition Ratios ST3/ST4
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Specialty
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Applicants
|
Posts
|
Ratio
|
|
Anaesthetics
|
574
|
297
|
1.9
|
|
Accident & Emergency
|
106
|
198
|
0.5
|
|
Intensive Care Medicine
|
80
|
57
|
1.4
|
|
Acute Internal Medicine
|
234
|
69
|
3.4
|
|
Cardiology
|
279
|
42
|
6.6
|
|
Clinical Genetics
|
23
|
15
|
1.5
|
|
Clinical Pharmacology
|
12
|
8
|
1.5
|
|
Dermatology
|
104
|
17
|
6.1
|
|
Endocrinology & Diabetes
|
146
|
49
|
3.0
|
|
Gastroenterology
|
207
|
35
|
5.9
|
|
Genitourinary Medicine
|
80
|
21
|
3.8
|
|
Geriatric Medicine
|
192
|
75
|
2.6
|
|
Infectious Diseases
|
68
|
12
|
5.7
|
|
Neurology
|
110
|
19
|
5.8
|
|
Palliative Medicine
|
103
|
22
|
4.7
|
|
Rehab Medicine
|
27
|
19
|
1.4
|
|
Renal Medicine
|
107
|
24
|
4.5
|
|
Respiratory Medicine
|
268
|
43
|
6.2
|
|
Rheumatology
|
102
|
18
|
5.7
|
|
Paediatrics
|
74
|
39
|
1.9
|
|
Haematology
|
133
|
34
|
3.9
|
|
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
|
82
|
69
|
1.2
|
|
Forensic Psychiatry
|
60
|
37
|
1.6
|
|
General & Old Age Psychiatry
|
27
|
26
|
1.0
|
|
General Psychiatry
|
242
|
144
|
1.7
|
|
Learning Disability
|
38
|
40
|
1.0
|
|
Old Age Psychiatry
|
59
|
70
|
0.8
|
|
Psychotherapy
|
15
|
18
|
0.8
|
|
Cardiothoracic Surgery
|
118
|
23
|
5.1
|
|
General Surgery
|
555
|
119
|
4.7
|
|
Otolaryngology (ENT)
|
169
|
34
|
5.0
|
|
Paediatric Surgery
|
54
|
4
|
13.5
|
|
Plastic Surgery
|
166
|
10
|
16.6
|
|
Trauma & Orthopaedics
|
537
|
141
|
3.8
|
|
Urology
|
170
|
24
|
7.1
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