Table 1.
Percentages of NHS consultants in post in England and Wales in 2001 by year of first consultant appointment, place of training (UK or abroad), ethnicity, and specialty
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Consultants by place of training and ethnicity
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Abroad trained
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| Specialty | White | Non-white | White | Non-white |
| Year of first consultant appointment 1964-91 | ||||
| General medicine (n=1787) | 89.6* | 2.9 | 4.5 | 3.0† |
| Geriatric medicine (n=369) | 67.8† | 5.4 | 3.8 | 23.0* |
| Genitourinary medicine (n=113) | 61.9† | 10.6* | 4.4 | 23.0* |
| Paediatrics (n=619) | 83.4 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| Accident and emergency (n=139) | 71.9 | 7.2 | 5.0 | 15.8 |
| General surgery (n=569) | 91.4* | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.5† |
| Cardiothoracic surgery (n=77) | 74.0 | 7.8 | 11.7 | 6.5 |
| Other surgical specialty (n=1334) | 84.0 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 7.2 |
| Obstetrics and gynaecology (n=510) | 83.9 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 7.5 |
| Anaesthetics (n=1395) | 84.0 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 8.1 |
| Radiology (n=856) | 77.0† | 4.6 | 7.6 | 10.9 |
| Clinical oncology (n=188) | 89.9 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 3.2 |
| Pathology (n=1022) | 79.7 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 9.9 |
| Psychiatry (n=996) | 71.0† | 2.6 | 10.4* | 16.0* |
| Learning disability (n=90) | 37.8† | 3.3 | 7.8 | 51.1* |
| Old age psychiatry (n=143) | 65.0† | 2.8 | 7.7 | 24.5* |
| Public health medicine (n=272) | 82.4 | 3.3 | 8.1 | 6.3 |
| Total (n=10 479) | 81.5 | 3.3‡ | 6.2 | 9.1§ |
| Year of first appointment 1992-2001 | ||||
| General medicine (n=2265) | 72.3* | 8.7 | 8.6 | 10.4† |
| Geriatric medicine (n=332) | 60.8 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 20.8* |
| Genitourinary medicine (n=121) | 62.8 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 19.8 |
| Paediatrics (n=970) | 60.7† | 6.0 | 9.3 | 24.0* |
| Accident and emergency (n=299) | 65.6 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 16.4 |
| General surgery (n=730) | 69.5 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 15.6 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery (n=98) | 56.1 | 12.2 | 14.3 | 17.3 |
| Other surgical specialty (n=1921) | 64.9† | 7.1 | 11.6 | 16.4 |
| Obstetrics and gynaecology (n=684) | 65.5 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 17.7 |
| Anaesthetics (n=2030) | 71.6 | 6.7 | 9.5 | 12.2 |
| Radiology (n=772) | 71.8 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 10.4 |
| Clinical oncology (n=255) | 78.4* | 6.3 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
| Pathology (n=935) | 67.2 | 6.8 | 10.7 | 15.3 |
| Psychiatry (n=1275) | 69.5 | 4.0† | 14.8* | 11.7 |
| Learning disability (n=106) | 52.8† | 7.5 | 16.0 | 23.6 |
| Old age psychiatry (n=221) | 67.4 | 5.4 | 12.7 | 14.5 |
| Public health medicine (n=367) | 80.9* | 6.0 | 8.4 | 4.6† |
| Total (n=13 381) | 68.6 | 7.2¶ | 10.0 | 14.1** |
*
Percentage significantly high for specialty compared with overall total (P<0.001).
†
Percentage significantly low for specialty compared with overall total (P<0.001).
‡
Ethnic composition: black 0.6%, Indian subcontinent 1.2%, Chinese 0.3%, other 1.2%.
§
Ethnic composition: black 0.8%, Indian subcontinent 4.8%, Chinese 0.2%, other 3.3%.
¶
Ethnic composition: black 0.9%, Indian subcontinent 3.3%, Chinese 1.0%, other 2.1%.
**
Ethnic composition: black 2.1%, Indian subcontinent 7.6%, Chinese 0.2%, other 4.2%.