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Number of specialist doctors in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2025, by specialty group

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Release date

February 2025

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

As of February 26, 2025

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*Specialty group medicine includes specialties such as: general (internal) medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, respiratory medicine, geriatric medicine, hematology, endocrinology and diabetes mellitus, neurology, rheumatology, dermatology etc.

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In 2025, among specialists, the most common specialty group in the UK was medicine, accounting for over ** thousand doctors. Roughly **** of which were specialized in general (internal) medicine, while nearly *** thousand were cardiologists. A further nearly ** thousand of specialists specialized in surgery and nearly ** thousand were specialized in anesthetics and intensive care medicine.

Age breakdown of doctors

In the UK, the age group with the highest number of doctors is among 30 to 34 with nearly ** thousand, followed by ** thousand registered doctors aged 35 to 39 years. There are almost ** thousand over 70s in the UK who continue to be registered doctors.

Diverse composition of health workforce

In 2024, *** percent of licensed doctors in the UK graduated from the European Economic Area (EEA). The share of EEA graduates in the UK doctor’s workforce has been decreasing since 2014, when English language requirements of doctors were tightened. Furthermore, ** percent of specialist in the UK received their primary medical qualification in the EEA, the highest share of EEA graduates among all doctors.