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