To ask the Secretary of State for Health what figures he has collated on the percentage of those who qualify as a medical doctor who choose to work part-time (a) immediately after qualification, (b) after five years in the profession and (c) after 10 years in the profession, broken down by gender. [97581]
The most recent data from the Medical Careers Research Group shows that as a percentage of the 1999 qualifiers surveyed in summer 2000, part-time working as a pre-registration house officer (PRHO) was undertaken by 1.8 per cent. of women and 0 per cent. of men.Data from 1996 qualifiers in 2001–02, shows that a total of 4.7 per cent. of male and 17.1 per cent. of female respondents were working in the national health service five years after qualification.Data from 1998 qualifiers in 1998–99 shows that a total of 4.5 per cent. of male respondents and 45.8 per cent. of the female respondents were working part-time in the NHS 10 years after qualification.The detailed information is shown in the tables.The latest data from the Medical Careers Research Group of Oxford University, on part-time working and working in the NHS, by gender, immediately after qualification and five and 10 years after qualification, are as follows.
| Table 1: Immediately after qualification Numbers and percentages of 1999 and 2000 qualifiers who began their PRHO year in 1999–2000 and 2000–01 respectively and numbers doing so who worked part-time | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 1999 qualifiers | ||
| Not starting PRHO year | 0 | 2 |
| Working part-time as PRHO | 6(0.6%) | 19(1.3%) |
| Working full-time as PRHO | 966 | 1,389 |
| PRHO—work pattern not given | 5 | 9 |
| Total PRHOs | 977 | 1,417 |
| 2000 qualifiers(25% sample) | ||
| Not starting PRHO year | 1 | 0 |
| Working part-time as PRHO | 0 | 7(1.8%) |
| Working full-time as PRHO | 291 | 381 |
| PRHO—work pattern not given | 1 | 0 |
| Total PRHOs | 292 | 388 |
Table 2: Five years after qualification1 The most recent available data are for the 1996 qualifiers in 2001–02
| ||||
Men
| Women
| |||
Number
| Percentage
| Number
| Percentage
| |
| NHS(full-time) | 901 | 85.2 | 893 | 71.3 |
| NHS(part-time) | 50 | 4.7 | 214 | 17.1 |
| UK medicine (non-NHS) | 32 | 3.0 | 23 | 1.8 |
| Medicine abroad | 50 | 4.7 | 70 | 5.6 |
| Non-medical | 25 | 2.4 | 53 | 4.2 |
| Total | 1,058 | 100.0 | 1,253 | 100.0 |
1 The most recent available data are for the 1996 qualifiers in 2001–02 | ||||
Table 3:10 years after qualificationl Numbers and percentages of 1988 qualifiers working in the NHS and elsewhere 10 years after qualification, in 1998–99
| ||||
Men
| Women
| |||
Number
| Percentage
| Number
| Percentage
| |
| NHS(full-time) | 1,120 | 81.9 | 508 | 41.0 |
| NHS(part-time) | 61 | 4.5 | 568 | 45.8 |
| UK medicine (non-NHS) | 48 | 3.5 | 24 | 1.9 |
| Medicine abroad | 126 | 9.2 | 74 | 6.0 |
| Non-medical | 12 | 0.9 | 66 | 5.3 |
| Total | 1,367 | 100.0 | 1,240 | 100.0 |
1 The most recent available data are for the 1988 qualifiers in 1998–99. | ||||