Request

You asked us:

I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would be grateful if you could provide the following information:

1. Consultant Job Adverts
Please confirm the total number of permanent consultant-level jobs in trauma and orthopaedic surgery that were advertised in the NHS between 1 May 2020 and 1 May 2025.

2. British Citizen Applications (All ethnicities)
For these roles, and including only British citizens (i.e. applicants who selected “I am a British citizen with the right to work in the UK” or similar), please provide:

• The total number of applications received
• The number of applicants who were shortlisted for interview
• The number of applicants who received a job offer

3. British Citizen Applications – Ethnicity Breakdown
Again including only British citizens, please provide the same data (applications, interviews, job offers) broken down by ethnic group, using the categories from the 2021 UK Census:

• Asian or Asian British
• Black, Black British, Caribbean or African
• Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
• White
• Other ethnic group
• Not disclosed

Please provide the information, preferably in a spreadsheet, in the following format:

• Total number of jobs advertised
• Total number of applications from British citizens
• Total number of British citizen applications shortlisted for interview
• Total number of British citizen applications receiving a job offer

Then, for each ethnic group:

(Example – Asian or Asian British):

• Total number of applications from British citizens
• Number of those shortlisted for interview
• Number of those who received a job offer

(And similarly for each of the five other ethnic groups listed above, including those who did not disclose their ethnicity.)

For your reference, the ethnicity categories are based on those outlined here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/nhs-provider-directorye note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsals will be removed from the published response.

Please contact foirequests@nhsbsa.nhs.uk ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data.

Reusing the data and copyright

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government include the following statement: “NHS Jobs, NHSBSA Copyright 2025” Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.