Employment status of STP graduates

Data showing the employment status of trainees who graduated from the Scientist Training Programme.

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Employment data of trainees who graduated in 2023

Employment status Number of graduates Percentage of graduates
Employed as a clinical scientist in the NHS 168 76%
Employed as a clinical scientist outside of the NHS 13 6%
Employed in another healthcare science role (not clinical scientist) in the NHS 24 11%
Employed in another healthcare science role (not clinical scientist) outside of the NHS 3 1%
Employed or seeking employment outside of healthcare science 1 1%
Not employed or seeking employment 1 1%
Unemployed and seeking employment as a clinical scientist in the NHS 10 5%
Unemployed and seeking employment as a clinical scientist outside of the NHS 0 0%
Total 220 100%
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Employment data of trainees who graduated in 2022

Employment status Number of graduates Percentage of graduates
Employed as a clinical scientist in the NHS 218 81%
Employed as a clinical scientist outside of the NHS 18 8%
Employed in another healthcare science role (not clinical scientist) in the NHS 21 7%
Employed in another healthcare science role (not clinical scientist) outside of the NHS 2 1%
Employed or seeking employment outside of healthcare science 1 0%
Not employed or seeking employment 4 2%
Unemployed and seeking employment as a clinical scientist in the NHS 5 2%
Unemployed and seeking employment as a clinical scientist outside of the NHS 1 0%
Total 270 100%
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Employment data of trainees who graduated in 2021

Employment status Number of graduates Percentage of graduates
Employed as a clinical scientist in the NHS 191 80%
Employed as a clinical scientist outside of the NHS 9 4%
Employed in another healthcare science role in the NHS 22 9%
Employed in another healthcare science role outside of the NHS 3 1%
Unemployed and seeking employment as a clinical scientist in the NHS 8 3%
Unemployed and seeking employment as a clinical scientist in the private sector 0 0%
Employed or seeking employment outside of healthcare science 3 1%
Not employed or seeking employment 2 1%
Total 238 99%
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Access to earlier data

Data prior to 2021 can be found in the publications section by using the ‘content type’ filter and selecting ‘data’.

Last updated on 3rd June 2024