Recruitment to two year Foundation Programmes August 2016: Stage 2
In the second stage of applications, applicants were asked to rank the 188 posts in the Peninsula in order of preference. Allocations were based on the overall application score.
Outcome for all trainees allocated to the Peninsula Foundation School
29% (55) of trainees secured their first choice post preference. 61% (114) secured a post that was in their top 10 and 76% (143) secured a post that was in their top 20. The least satisfied person got their 136th choice of 188 posts. The table below shows the outcomes by preference since 2009 and chart 1 shows the distribution of preferences for all trainees in the Peninsula Foundation School.
Table 1: Post preferences secured since 2009
|
Year |
1st choice post |
Top 10 post |
Worst outcome |
|
2009 |
30% (57) |
66% (125) |
150th choice (190 posts) |
|
2010 |
30% (60) |
67% (133) |
127th choice (198 posts) |
|
2011 |
31% (59) |
69% (133) |
114th choice (194 posts) |
|
2012 |
29% (56) |
68% (129) |
151st choice (193 posts) |
|
2013 |
27% (52) |
65% (127) |
172nd choice (198 posts) |
|
2014 |
27% (52) |
63% (122) |
177th choice (194 posts) |
|
2015 |
27% (50) |
58% (109) |
166th choice (191 posts) |
|
2016 |
29% (55) |
61% (114) |
163th Choice (188 posts) |
Chart 1: Peninsula Foundation School trainee matches by post preference
Outcome for Peninsula Medical School (PMS) students
33% (62/188) of applicants in the Peninsula Foundation School are PMS students.
34% (21) of PMS students have secured their first choice preference. 69% (43) secured a post that was in their top 10 and 84% (52) in their top 20.
Chart 2: PMS student matches to Peninsula posts by post preference
Location of PMS students in the Peninsula
Compared with 2015 there are 17 more PMS students undertaking foundation training in the Peninsula this year. They represent 33% of total F1s.
Chart 3: Numbers of PMS students matched to Peninsula trusts compared with the number of F1 posts in each trust
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has the highest proportion (31%) and the highest number (19) of PMS students due to start in its August 2016 cohort. Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust has the smallest number (3) and the smallest proportion of PMS students (5%). The table below shows the number of PMS trainees in each trust for 2016 compared with the distribution of the previous years’ cohorts.
Table 2: Distribution of PMS students across trusts in the Peninsula
|
Trust |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
NDHT
|
11 (12%) |
7 (10%) |
6 (8%) |
4 (6%) |
3 (4%) |
2 (4%) |
3 (7%) |
3 (5%) |
|
PHT
|
21 (23%) |
24 (33%) |
20 (28%) |
24 (38%) |
20 (30%) |
16 (31%) |
10 (22%) |
16 (26%) |
|
RCHT
|
29 (32%) |
13 (18%) |
21 (29%) |
11 (17%) |
16 (24%) |
10 (20%) |
10 (22%) |
19 (31%) |
|
RDE
|
12 (13%) |
13 (18%) |
11 (15%) |
10 (16%) |
10 (15%) |
8 (15%) |
11 (24%) |
10 (16%) |
|
SDHT
|
19 (21%) |
16 (22%) |
14 (19%) |
15 (23%) |
18 (27%) |
16 (31%) |
11 (24%) |
14 (23%) |
|
Total
|
92 |
73 |
72 |
64 |
67 |
52 |
45 |
62 |
Natalie Band
Foundation School Administrator
June 2016