Question reference: S5W-17709
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 18 July 2018
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 August 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many newly-qualified doctors domiciled in Scotland there have been in each of the last five years, also broken down by destination.
Answer
Table 1 provides the domicile of ‘newly-qualified’ doctors in Scotland and Table 2 provides the destinations of medical graduates 6 months after qualifying, based on a sample survey.
Newly-qualified doctors are defined as those doctors graduating from a Scottish medical school.
Table 1: Qualifiers from first degree medicine courses at Scottish HEIs by domicile | |||||
Student domicile | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Scotland | 510 | 530 | 490 | 510 | 505 |
Rest of UK | 230 | 270 | 285 | 305 | 270 |
Other EU | 25 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 15 |
Non EU | 95 | 125 | 120 | 125 | 145 |
All | 860 | 960 | 930 | 970 | 935 |
Source: HESA Student data, SG analysis
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.
Subjects used are pre-clinical or clinical medicine
Only qualifiers at Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh & Glasgow are shown
Destinations of first degree UK domiciled graduates from medicine courses at Scottish HEIs by domicile - row percentages
Domicile | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | |||||||||
England | Scotland | Other | Total | England | Scotland | Other | Total | England | Scotland | Other | Total | |
Scotland | 18% | 81% | 0% | 100% | 20% | 77% | 3% | 100% | 20% | 78% | 2% | 100% |
Rest of UK | 45% | 48% | 7% | 100% | 38% | 55% | 7% | 100% | 34% | 53% | 13% | 100% |
All | 27% | 71% | 3% | 100% | 26% | 70% | 4% | 100% | 25% | 69% | 6% | 100% |
Domicile | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | ||||||||||
England | Scotland | Other | Total | England | Scotland | Other | Total | |||||
Scotland | 16% | 84% | 0% | 100% | 17% | 82% | 0% | 100% | ||||
Rest of UK | 38% | 55% | 7% | 100% | 35% | 58% | 8% | 100% | ||||
All | 24% | 73% | 3% | 100% | 24% | 73% | 3% | 100% | ||||
Source: HESA Student data, SG analysis
Percentages based on a sample survey
UK Domiciled clinical medicine graduates, in work 6 months after qualifying
In general, over 95% of known destinations are 'work'.