Table 6.
Years from qualifying as doctor to first appointment as NHS hospital consultant, by hospital specialty. Values are median; fastest quartile (number)
| Specialties* | 1977 graduates | 1988 graduates | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Men | Women | Women always full time† | All | Men | Women | Women always full time† | ||
| Surgical specialties§ | 13.1; 11.5 (176) | 13.2; 11.5 (168) | 12.7; 10.5 (8) | 10.9; 9.7 (8) | 12.5; 11.5 (183) | 12.4; 11.3 (163) | 13.2; 12.4 (20) | 12.5; 12.3 (15) | |
| Medical specialtiesठ| 12.4; 10.6 (174) | 12.3; 10.2 (144) | 13.5; 11.8 (30) | 12.5; 11.3 (28) | 11.9; 10.7 (220) | 11.8; 10.7 (141) | 12.2; 10.7 (79) | 11.2; 10.1 (60) | |
| Anaesthetics‡ | 10.1; 9.0 (117) | 9.9; 8.6 (93) | 13.1; 9.5 (24) | 9.5; 9.2 (17) | 11.0; 10.0 (166) | 10.8; 9.9 (108) | 11.3; 10.2 (58) | 10.9; 10.0 (43) | |
| Psychiatry§ | 11.1; 9.3 (88) | 10.0; 8.4 (48) | 12.2; 9.5 (40) | 10.7; 9.2 (25) | 11.5; 10.2 (134) | 10.7; 9.6 (59) | 12.0; 10.6 (75) | 10.7; 9.8 (40) | |
| Paediatrics | 12.8; 11.9 (53) | 12.8; 12.0 (32) | 13.4; 11.5 (21) | 13.0; 11.3 (15) | 12.1; 10.7 (72) | 12.0; 10.2 (35) | 12.4; 11.1 (37) | 11.5; 10.2 (23) | |
| Pathology‡ | 11.1; 8.6 (81) | 10.9; 8.5 (56) | 11.5; 10.1 (25) | 10.4; 7.9 (18) | 11.0; 9.6 (43) | 11.0; 9.6 (26) | 11.4; 9.6 (17) | 12.2; 9.5 (12) | |
*Specialties with low counts (accident and emergency, obstetrics and gynaecology, clinical oncology and “other medical” specialties) excluded.
†Working pattern during training.
‡Significant differences (at 0.01 level, based on log rank tests) between men and women for 1977 graduates.
§Significant differences between men and women for 1988 graduates.
No significant differences existed between women who had worked full time during training and men in either cohort.