The number of individuals who graduated medical education each year since 1997 is shown in the following table. However figures for UK graduates prior to 2000-01 are not available.
Academic year Graduate output (England) Graduate output (UK) 1997-98 3,261 — 1998-99 3,097 — 1999-2000 3,373 — 2000-01 3,286 4,269 2001-02 3,280 4,450 2002-03 3,522 4,641 2003-04 3,734 4,805 2004-05 3,935 5,176 2005-06 4,376 5,576 2006-07 4,904 6,208 2007-08 5,569 6,873
It is not possible to say what proportion currently work in the national health service as this information is not collected. However, the following table shows the number of house officers/foundation one posts since 1997. These figures show that there has been sufficient opportunities in the NHS to meet the medical school outputs.
Number 1997 3,398 1998 3,496 1999 3,606 2000 3,691 2001 3,742 2002 4,010 2003 4,003 2004 4,273 2005 4,663 2006 4,905 2007 5,240