Psychiatry: Training
(asked on 18th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Specialist Training 4 psychiatry posts were filled in each year since 2010.
The table below sets out the number of posts filled at Specialty Training 4 (ST4) for psychiatric specialties.
Prior to 2013, when Health Education England took responsibility for recruitment to medical specialty training, information was not collected centrally and is not available.
Specialty | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
ST4 entry | Accepts | Accepts | Accepts | Accepts |
Medical Psychotherapy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
General Psychiatry and Old Age Psychiatry* | 44 | 37 | 35 | 34 |
General Psychiatry and Medical Psychotherapy* | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
General Psychiatry | 125 | 109 | 94 | 133 |
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 46 | 37 | 28 | 48 |
Psychiatry of Learning Disability | 24 | 18 | 10 | 17 |
Forensic Psychiatry | 20 | 19 | 18 | 34 |
Old Age Psychiatry | 20 | 26 | 16 | 28 |
Forensic Psychiatry and Medical Psychotherapy* | Not recruited to in these years | 1 | ||
Source: Health Education England Oriel recruitment system
Note:
*dual Certification of Completion of Training