Plastic Surgery Competition Ratios
Applications
281
+17 (+6.4%)
vs 2024 (264)
Posts Available
42
-19 (-31.1%)
vs 2024 (61)
Competition Ratio
6.69:1
+2.36
vs 2024 (4.33:1)
The competition ratio for Plastic Surgery ST3 training posts in 2025 was 6.69:1. 281 applications were made for 42 posts. This is an increase in the competition level compared to 2024 when 264 applications were made for 61 posts (a competition ratio of 4.33:1).
In 2025 there were 42 Plastic Surgery ST3 posts compared to 61 posts in 2024. A decrease of 19 posts.
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Training website
(https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training).
Data is presented here in table format to make it easier to sort, filter and
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posts in Scotland or Northern Ireland if they manage their own recruitment
rather than recruiting via the national UK recruitment process.
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- General Practice
- General Practice and Public Health Medicine (Dual CCT Programme)
- Histopathology
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Ophthalmology
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Paediatrics
- Public Health Medicine
- Acute Internal Medicine ST4
- Allergy ST3
- Audiovestibular Medicine ST3
- Cardiology ST4
- Clinical Genetics ST3
- Clinical Neurophysiology ST3
- Clinical Oncology ST3
- Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ST4
- Combined Infection Training ST3 & ST4
- Dermatology ST3
- Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus ST4
- Gastroenterology ST4
- General (Internal) Medicine ST4
- Genitourinary Medicine ST4
- Geriatric Medicine ST4
- Haematology ST3
- Immunology ST3
- Medical Oncology ST3
- Medical Ophthalmology ST3
- Neurology ST4
- Nuclear Medicine ST3
- Occupational Medicine ST3
- Palliative Medicine ST4
- Rehabilitation Medicine ST3
- Renal Medicine ST4
- Respiratory Medicine ST4
- Rheumatology ST4
- Sport and Exercise Medicine ST3
- Stroke Medicine and General (Internal) Medicine ST4