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Job satisfaction and the current job market for hospital based doctors in the UK

Job satisfaction and the current job market for hospital based doctors in the UK. Dr Celia Gregson Specialist Registrar in Elderly and Internal Medicine Frenchay Hospital, Bristol. The Current Job Market. 2005 Consultants and GP Numbers in the UK. GPs – 35,944 Consultants – 31,427.

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Job satisfaction and the current job market for hospital based doctors in the UK

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  1. Job satisfaction and the current job market for hospital based doctors in the UK Dr Celia Gregson Specialist Registrar in Elderly and Internal Medicine Frenchay Hospital, Bristol

  2. The Current Job Market

  3. 2005 Consultants and GP Numbers in the UK • GPs – 35,944 • Consultants – 31,427

  4. 2005 UK Consultants - Medicine

  5. 2005 UK Consultants - Surgery

  6. 2005 UK Consultants - Others

  7. Consultant Vacancies Survey, March 2006

  8. Sept 2005: Numbers of Doctors in all grades in UK

  9. NHS; The Information Centre • www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/workforce • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development • www.oecd.org

  10. Postal questionnaire • 4221 Drs, qualified in 1999 • Surveyed towards end of first year • 2727 respondents, of whom 1326 codable

  11. 65.2% ‘did not definitely intend to practise medicine in the UK’

  12. Considering leaving the UK

  13. Considering leaving Medicine

  14. Reasons: UK working conditions • Poor working conditions • Poor state of NHS • Poor working environment • Better pay • Shorter working hours • Lack of respect / appreciation • Demoralised • Taxes

  15. Reasons: Lifestyle choices • Better QOL • Better standard of living • Outdoor life • Experiencing other countries and cultures • Change of scene • Travel & Adventure • Desire to help developing world • Family & Friends abroad • Better weather

  16. The Numbers Now? • Presently >30,000 Drs have applied for 20,000 training posts through MTAS • Up to 11,400 of these Drs may have qualified outside of EEA (may be working in UK) • 7700 SHOs & 3700 Staff Grades • Immigration rules….

  17. Medical school expansions…. • 6000 of applicants are F2 applying for ST1 – result of medical school expansion • Last 6 years – yearly medical graduates increased from < 4000 to 6000 a year in UK

  18. Who is applying for the 20 000 training posts across the UK? • Doctorsin F2 posts: 6000 • SHOs in England: 18 200 • SHOs in Scotland, Wales, and NI: 4000 • Doctors in staff grade posts in UK (out of atotal of >6000): Not known • Doctors working outside the EuropeanEconomic Area (EEA): 2000 • Doctors currently working inside the EEA (but outside UK): Not known • Total: >30 200

  19. Number of available training posts? • BMA: 18 500 • DoH: 23 000

  20. To Conclude…..

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