Record number of consultant physician jobs are unfilled, census shows

More than half (52%) of advertised consultant physician posts in England and Wales went unfilled last year, shows a census conducted by three royal colleges.1 This is the highest rate since records began in 2008 and compares with 43% before the covid pandemic and 48% last year. Nearly three quarters (74%) of the unfilled posts had no applicants at all.The 2021 consultant census conducted by the Royal College of Physicians of London, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow ran between October to December 2021 and covered 18 646 people. The response rate was 23%. The full dataset will be published later this year.In light of the shortages identified in the census, the three colleges are calling on the candidates for the Conservative Party leadership to make workforce a priority and commit to delivering the 15 year NHS workforce strategy.The…
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