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Level 1 Specialty Training Recruitment, Round 1 2008, by Specialty Posts and applicants as recorded

29 May 2008, plus the number shortlisted and vacancies at the end of Round 1

 

Number of posts

Number of applicants

Number of applications

Applications per post

Number of applicants Short-Listed

Number of Vacant Posts

Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS)

360

2,400

6,785

19

1188

81

Anaesthesia

390

1,270

3,347

9

779

58

Cardiothoracic Surgery

5

90

115

23

13

2

Chemical Pathology

3

70

70

23

6

2

Cleft Lip & Palate Surgery

1

6

6

6

5

0

Clinical Radiology

150

1,650

4,963

33

610

6

Core Medical Training

1110

3,070

9,711

9

2195

145

General Adult Psychiatry

18

120

119

7

41

3

General Practice

2300

7,020

nr

3

4673

8

General Surgery

80

930

1,463

19

188

5

Histopathology1

60

280

nr

5

-

31

Medical Microbiology & Virology

9

140

201

22

87

4

Neurosurgery1

30

150

nr

5

-

14

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

230

900

1,426

6

483

35

Ophthalmology

75

440

1,400

19

183

9

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS)

17

75

219

13

63

6

Otolaryngology (ENT)

19

180

267

14

50

4

Paediatric Surgery

1

40

40

40

1

0

Paediatrics

370

880

1,477

4

653

47

Plastic Surgery

9

170

210

23

10

1

Psychiatry

440

1,430

4,171

9

846

63

Public Health1

70

410

nr

6

-

56

Surgery in General

540

1,980

6,432

12

1132

171

Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery

50

460

757

15

67

18

Urology

14

160

206

15

14

3

1 Accurate shortlisting data not available

Note: For nationally recruited specialties, the number of applications is the same as the number of applicants and is denoted "nr" in the table.