Table 5.
Percentages of NHS doctors who planned to change their time commitments
| Percentage breakdown | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change | Group | More | Less | About the same |
| Medical education/teaching | All | 25 | 6 | 69 |
| Men | 23 | 6 | 71 | |
| Women | 26 | 6 | 68 | |
| Hospital practice | 24 | 7 | 68 | |
| General practice | 25 | 5 | 71 | |
| Full-time men | 23 | 6 | 71 | |
| Part-time men | 25 | 6 | 70 | |
| Full-time womena | 25 | 9 | 67 | |
| Part-time womena | 27 | 4 | 69 | |
| Research work | All | 13 | 7 | 80 |
| Menb | 16 | 8 | 76 | |
| Womenb | 9 | 7 | 84 | |
| Hospital practicec | 19 | 8 | 73 | |
| General practicec | 4 | 7 | 89 | |
| Full-time men | 17 | 8 | 76 | |
| Part-time men | 13 | 9 | 77 | |
| Full-time women | 12 | 8 | 80 | |
| Part-time women | 7 | 6 | 87 | |
| Management/health policy work/administration | All | 14 | 17 | 69 |
| Men | 14 | 17 | 69 | |
| Women | 14 | 17 | 69 | |
| Hospital practice | 14 | 18 | 69 | |
| General practice | 14 | 16 | 70 | |
| Full-time men | 14 | 18 | 69 | |
| Part-time men | 25 | 15 | 60 | |
| Full-time womena | 13 | 22 | 65 | |
| Part-time womena | 14 | 13 | 73 | |
| Other professional activities | All | 14 | 8 | 79 |
| Men | 16 | 8 | 76 | |
| Women | 12 | 7 | 81 | |
| Hospital practice | 15 | 8 | 77 | |
| General practice | 12 | 7 | 82 | |
| Full-time men | 16 | 8 | 76 | |
| Part-time men | 19 | 8 | 74 | |
| Full-time women | 12 | 8 | 79 | |
| Part-time women | 12 | 6 | 83 | |
| Service work/treating patients | All | 10 | 24 | 67 |
| Menb | 5 | 26 | 68 | |
| Womenb | 14 | 21 | 65 | |
| Hospital practicec | 8 | 26 | 66 | |
| General practicec | 11 | 22 | 68 | |
| Full-time menb | 5 | 26 | 68 | |
| Part-time men | 9 | 25 | 66 | |
| Full-time womena,b | 9 | 30 | 61 | |
| Part-time womena | 18 | 14 | 68 | |
a
Statistically significant difference comparing doctors working full-time and those working part-time
b
Statistically significant male–female difference at the 0.01 level
c
Statistically significant hospital practice–general practice difference
Denominators: 2115 (all); 1095 (men); 1020 (women); 1147 (hospital practice); 916 (general practice); 1019 (full-time men); 53 (part-time men); 434 (full-time women); 572 (part-time women)