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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)

  1. aA net gain or loss refers to the sum of a gain and a loss of trainees in each (medical school) region; the percentage indicates the net gain or loss divided by the total number of trainees