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Women in Medicine
While in some cases up to 57% of medical students are now female, women still only make up 40% of the medical workforce itself.

 

The higher up the grades you look, the fewer women you will find.While 57% of FYs are female, by SpR this figure has dropped to 45% and only 27% of Consultants are women. In certain specialities the statistics are even more startling. In surgery for example 53% of FYs are female, yet only 8% of surgical Consultants are women.

 

Even in ‘female-dominated’ specialities this pattern can be observed. In Obs and Gynae 77% of FYs are female, falling to 65% at SpRs and 33% at Consultant level. Similarly in Paediatrics 70% of FYs, 59% of SpRs and 44% of Consultants are female.

 

(Statistics taken from BMA HPERU research 2007)


Women and Pay
Women working full-time earn on average 17% less per hour than men working full-time. For ethnic minority women, the gap is even higher at 20%. For women working part-time compared to men working full-time the gap is 36% per hour – rising to 45% in London.

 

(Statistics from Fawcett Society)

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