Specialty Training Fill Rates - Yorkshire and the Humber

In 2024 95.36% of the 1,100 posts available in Yorkshire and the Humber were filled. This is a slight increase in the fill rate compared to 2023 when 95.17% of 1,035 posts were filled.

At CT1/ST1 level 98.90% of 816 posts were filled (807 filled posts, 9 unfilled posts). This is a slight decrease compared to 2023 when 98.95% of 765 CT1/ST1 posts were filled (757 filled posts, 8 unfilled posts). 13 out of 14 CT1/ST1 specialties (92.86%) filled all their posts, with 1 specialty (ACCS Emergency Medicine) having unfilled posts (an increase compared to 2023 when 12 out of 16 specialties (75%) filled all their posts).

At ST3 level 85.04% of 127 posts were filled (108 filled posts, 19 unfilled posts). This is an increase compared to 2023 when 82.73% of 110 ST3 posts were filled (91 filled posts, 19 unfilled posts). 15 out of 19 ST3 specialties (78.95%) filled all their posts, with 4 specialties having unfilled posts – Clinical Oncology, Intensive Care Medicine, Clinical Radiology, Emergency Medicine (ACCS) (an increase compared to 2023 when 16 out of 22 specialties (72.72%) filled all their posts).

At ST4 level 85.35% of 157 posts were filled (134 filled posts, 23 unfilled posts). This is a slight decrease compared to 2023 when 85.63% of 160 ST4 posts were filled (137 filled posts, 23 unfilled posts). 8 out of 16 ST4 specialties (50%) filled all their posts, with 8 specialties having unfilled posts – Respiratory Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry, Gastroenterology, Emergency Medicine, Renal Medicine, Acute Internal Medicine, Genitourinary Medicine (a decrease compared to 2023 when 14 out of 22 specialties (63.64%) filled all their posts).

Fill rates for all specialty training posts in Yorkshire and the Humber 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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