| Ethnic group | Total number of applications – 2020 * | Total number of accepted offers – 2020 |
| Any other Asian background | 240 (4.16%) | 7 |
| Any other Black background | 19 (0.33%) | 0 |
| Any other ethnic group | 85 (1.47%) | 5 |
| Any other mixed background | 87 (1.51%) | <5 |
| Any other white background | 392 (6.80%) | 16 |
| Asian or Asian British – Bangladeshi | 133 (2.31%) | 6 |
| Asian or Asian British – Indian | 341 (5.91%) | 11 |
| Asian or Asian British – Pakistani | 236 (4.09%) | 6 |
| Black or Black British – African | 473 (8.20%) | 10 |
| Black or Black British – Caribbean | 60 (1.04%) | 0 |
| Blank entry | 109 (1.89%) | <5 |
| Chinese | 142 (2.46%) | 5 |
| Mixed White and Asian | 58 (1.01%) | <5 |
| Mixed White and Black African | 44 (0.76%) | 0 |
| Mixed White and Black Caribbean | 35 (0.61%) | 0 |
| Not Stated | 74 (1.28%) | <5 |
| White British | 3152 (54.66%) | 214 |
| White Irish | 87 (1.51%) | <5 |
| Total | 5767 | 294 |
*The percentage of applications is shown in brackets.
Recruitment process used in 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic some changes were made to the recruitment process to enable them to continue. In 2020 the process included:
- original online test
- online non competitive interviews
- up to 2 specialty choices
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