Specialty Training Fill Rates - Northern Ireland

In 2025 95.3% of the Specialty Training Posts in Northern Ireland were filled (444 filled posts, 22 unfilled posts). This is an increase compared to 2024 when 92.5% of 400 Specialty Training Posts were filled (370 filled, 30 unfilled).

At CT1/ST1 level 97.6% of posts were filled (330 filled posts, 8 unfilled posts). This is an increase compared to 2024 when  99.57% of 314 posts were filled (298 filled posts, 16 unfilled post). 

At ST3 level 82.1% of 56 posts were filled (46 filled posts, 10 unfilled posts). This is a decrease compared to 2024 when 90.24% of 41 posts were filled (37 filled posts, 4 unfilled posts). 

At ST4 level 94.4% of 72 posts were filled (68 filled posts, 4 unfilled posts). This is an increase compared to 2024 when  77.78% of 45 posts were filled (35 filled posts, 10 unfilled posts).

** Please note: These fill rate figures for Northern Ireland are from both the national report published on the Medical Specialty Training website and the report published on the NIMDTA website. Some of the figures differ across the two reports. **

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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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