Table 2 Migration from Medical School to Foundation School by Location
From: Geographical mobility of UK trainee doctors, from family home to first job: a national cohort study
Location of School of Medical Qualification | Location of Foundation School, n (%) | Trainees who left their medical school location, n (%) | Net Gain or Loss (%)a | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
London Area (n = 1888) | Northern Ireland (n = 247) | Rest of England (n = 1785) | Scotland (n = 713) | South of England (n = 836) | Wales (n = 220) | |||||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
London Area (n = 1231) | 879 | 71.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 140 | 11.4 | 6 | 0.5 | 197 | 16.0 | 7 | 0.6 | 352 (28.6) | + 657 (+ 53.4) |
Northern Ireland (n = 236) | 4 | 1.7 | 212 | 89.8 | 6 | 2.5 | 10 | 4.2 | 3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 24 (10.2) | + 11 (+ 4.7) |
Rest of England (n = 2319) | 618 | 26.6 | 10 | 0.4 | 1421 | 61.3 | 58 | 2.5 | 191 | 8.2 | 21 | 0.9 | 898 (38.7) | − 534 (−23.0) |
Scotland (n = 841) | 87 | 10.3 | 15 | 1.8 | 60 | 7.1 | 613 | 72.9 | 63 | 7.5 | 3 | 0.4 | 228 (27.1) | −128 (−15.2) |
South of England (n = 786) | 276 | 35.1 | 8 | 1.0 | 136 | 17.3 | 23 | 2.9 | 328 | 41.7 | 15 | 1.9 | 458 (58.2) | + 50 (+ 6.4) |
Wales (n = 276) | 24 | 8.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 8.0 | 3 | 1.1 | 54 | 19.6 | 173 | 62.7 | 103 (37.3) | −56 (−20.3) |