2021 Competition Ratios 
                                    Nationally Advertised Vacancies 
                                                         
              2021 Round 1 
               Specialty and Level                      Applications      Posts      Competition 
                                                         submitted      Available       Ratio 
               ACCS Emergency Medicine CT1 ST1              1424           361           3.95 
               Anaesthetics CT1                             2046           566           3.61 
               Cardiothoracic Surgery ST1                   113             6           18.83 
               Cardiothoracic Surgery ST3                    47             2           23.50 
               Clinical Radiology ST1                       1677           358           4.68 
               Community Sexual and Reproductive            167             6           27.83 
               Health ST1 
               Core Psychiatry Training CT1                 1513           506           2.99 
               Core Surgical Training CT1                   2528           607           4.16 
               General Practice ST1                         7640          4269           1.79 
               Histopathology ST1                           272            106           2.57 
               Internal Medicine Training CT1               3590          1567           2.29 
               Neurosurgery ST1                             242             15          16.13 
               Neurosurgery ST2                              59             1           59.00 
               Nuclear Medicine ST3                          16             3            5.33 
               Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST1               877            260           3.37 
               Ophthalmology ST1                            605             89           6.80 
               Ophthalmology ST3                             82             16           5.13 
               Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery ST1           53             10           5.30 
               Oral and Maxillio Facial Surgery ST3          23             17           1.45 
               Specialty and Level                      Applications      Posts      Competition 
                                                         submitted      Available       Ratio 
               Paediatrics ST1                              886            423           2.09 
               Public Health Medicine ST1                   988             98          10.08 
               
              2021 Round 2 
               Specialty and Level                      Applications      Posts      Competition 
                                                         submitted      Available       Ratio 
               Allergy ST3                                   21             4            5.25 
               Anaesthetics ST3                             1056           396           2.67 
               Audiovestibular Medicine ST3                  12             4            3.00 
               Cardiology ST3                               401             97           4.13 
               Chemical Pathology ST3                        16             11           1.45 
               Clinical Genetics ST3                         56             18           3.11 
               Clinical Neurophysiology ST3                  39             8            4.88 
               Clinical Oncology                            203             86           2.36 
               Combined Infection Training ST3              170             53           3.21 
               Dermatology ST3                              178             30           5.93 
               Emergency Medicine ST3                       237             37           6.41 
               Emergency Medicine ST4                       138             72           1.92 
               General and Vascular Surgery ST3             607            136           4.46 
               Genitourinary Medicine ST3                    30             38           0.79 
               Haematology ST3                              231             66           3.50 
               Immunology ST3                                33             6            5.50 
               Intensive Care Medicine ST3                  595            203           2.93 
               Medical Oncology ST3                         212             79           2.68 
               Medical Ophthalmology ST3                     21             4            5.25 
               Neurology ST3                                168             51           3.29 
               Specialty and Level                      Applications      Posts      Competition 
                                                         submitted      Available       Ratio 
               Obstetrics and Gynaecology ST3               312             22          14.18 
               Occupational Medicine ST3                     25             5            5.00 
               Otolaryngology ST3                           155             35           4.43 
               Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology ST3         4             4            1.00 
               Paediatric Cardiology ST4                     35             6            5.83 
               Paediatric Surgery ST3                        80             12           6.67 
               Paediatrics ST3                              222             23           9.65 
               Paediatrics ST4                              175             27           6.48 
               Palliative Medicine ST3                       66             27           2.44 
               Plastic Surgery ST3                          211             75           2.81 
               Psychiatry ST4                               453            410           1.10 
               Rehabilitation Medicine ST3                   42             14           3.00 
               Sport and Exercise Medicine ST3               35             6            5.83 
               Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery ST3           604            177           3.41 
               Urology ST3                                  199             51           3.90