Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many post-foundation specialty training post vacancies for junior doctors in NHS Scotland have not been filled in each year since 2018.
The following table sets out how many training places were advertised per year from 2018-2022, the number of posts which filled successfully, the fill rate (%) and the number of unfilled posts.
Advertised | Filled | Fill Rate | Unfilled | |
2018 | 1,125 | 958 | 85% | 167 |
2019 | 1,096 | 1,015 | 93% | 81 |
2020 | 1,062 | 1,015 | 96% | 47 |
2021 | 1,088 | 1,020 | 94% | 68 |
2022 | 1,155 | 1,073 | 93% | 82 |