Specialty Training Fill Rates - West Midlands

In 2024 95.1% of the 1,131 posts available in the West Midlands were filled. This is an increase in the fill rate compared to 2023 when 93.47% of 1,103 posts were filled.

At CT1/ST1 level 99.75% of 813 posts were filled (811 filled posts, 2 unfilled posts). This is an increase compared to 2023 when 98.28% of 814 CT1/ST1 posts were filled (800 filled posts, 14 unfilled posts). 14 out of 16 CT1/ST1 specialties (87.5%) filled all their posts, with 2 specialties having unfilled posts – Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Practice and Public Health Medicine Dual CCT Programme (an increase compared to 2023 when 10 out of 16 specialties (62.5%) filled all their posts).

At ST3 level 83.8% of 142 posts were filled (119 filled posts, 23 unfilled posts). This is an increase compared to 2023 when 73.64% of 129 ST3 posts were filled (95 filled posts, 34 unfilled posts). 20 out of 25 ST3 specialties (80%) filled all their posts, with 5 specialties having unfilled posts – Intensive Care Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical Ophthalmology, Clinical Oncology, Immunology (an increase compared to 2023 when 17 out of 24 specialties (70.83%) filled all their posts).

At ST4 level 84.09% of 176 posts were filled (148 filled posts, 28 unfilled posts). This is a slight decrease compared to 2023 when 85% of 160 ST4 posts were filled (136 filled posts, 24 unfilled posts). 11 out of 18 ST4 specialties (61.11%) filled all their posts, with 7 specialties having unfilled posts – Anaesthetics, Palliative Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry, Genitourinary Medicine, General (Internal) Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (an increase compared to 2023 when 11 out of 23 specialties (47.83%) filled all their posts).

Fill rates for all specialty training posts in the West Midlands over the period 2013-2024 are shown in the table below. Use the links below the table to view all fill rates by nation, region or specialty.

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England

England National Fill Rates

England Regional Fill Rates:


Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland National Fill Rates

Scotland

Scotland National Fill Rates

Wales

Wales National Fill Rates

 

Run Through ST1 Specialties


Core CT1 Specialties

Higher Medical Specialties


Higher Specialties

Psychiatry:

Old fill rates by Psychiatry specialty:


Surgery:


Other Specialties Recruiting at ST3/ST4:

Notes

  1. Data taken from fill rates pages available on the Specialty Training website: https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/ Each individual page was saved as a HTML file, imported into Excel, extraneous information was removed and the remaining data has been used to generate the table displayed on this page. 
  2. This data is for Round 1 and 2 (as published). Data for re-advertised posts and Round 3 posts are excluded from the published reports.
  3. Data is presented in tables to make it easier to make comparisons across specialties, nations, levels, etc.
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