In an effort to meet this growing demand, the UK’s reliance on doctors from overseas continues, ranging from 14% in Northern Ireland to 43% in the East of England. The specialties with the highest reliance on non-UK graduates are obstetrics and gynaecology (55%), ophthalmology (48%), and paediatrics (46%), while in psychiatry and pathology, more than 40% of doctors are from overseas.

In an effort to meet this growing demand, the UK’s reliance on doctors from overseas continues, ranging from 14% in Northern Ireland to 43% in the East of England. The specialties with the highest reliance on non-UK graduates are obstetrics and gynaecology (55%), ophthalmology (48%), and paediatrics (46%), while in psychiatry and pathology, more than 40% of doctors are from overseas.