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Table 3 UK and International Medical Graduate (IMG) applicants per vacancy and current total consultant earnings in order of UK applicants per vacancy*

From: Specialty choice in UK junior doctors: Is psychiatry the least popular specialty for UK and international medical graduates?

Specialty Group

UK Applicants per Vacancy1

IMG Applicants per Vacancy2

Mean Total Earnings per Full Time Equivalent3

Surgery

9.39

9.48

£123,100

Radiology

8.04

20.39

£119,600

A & E

4.44

6.50

£117,750

Medicine

2.20

3.69

£118,400

Obst & Gynae

1.62

4.60

£119,300

Lab. Medicine

1.55

3.75

£118,400

Public Health

1.45

3.85

£109,200

Paediatrics

1.19

2.48

£115,700

Psychiatry

1.06

6.31

£108,400

All

3.07

4.83

£116,650

  1. *Source: Information Centre for Health and Social Care 2008 NHS Staff Earnings Estimates, July to September 2008
  2. 1 Spearman's rank correlation (rs) with Mean Total Earnings: rs = 0.85, p = 0.006; 2rs = 0.44, p = 0.25;
  3. 3 Calculated as mean basic salary, but for all earnings. This includes basic salary, plus hours related pay, overtime, occupation payments, and location payments.
  4. A&E = Accident and Emergency, incl. Anaesthetics; Lab. Medicine = Laboratory Medicine incl. Neurophysiology; Obst & Gynae = Obstetrics & Gynaecology
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