According to General Medical Council (GMC) figures, more women are entering traditionally male-dominated medical specialties.
The State of Medical Education and Practice in the UK 2014report shows that the number of women entering surgery and emergency medicine is growing at a faster rate than men.
Female doctors now make up 44% of all UK-licensed doctors, with the number of female doctors increasing at twice the rate as men between 2010 and 2013. Women now also make up one-third of emergency medicine doctors following a 44% increase in numbers from 398 in 2010 to 572 in 2013.
Meanwhile, the number of women in surgery has soared from 940 in 2010 to 1,325 in 2013 –a rise of 42%, compared to a 12% rise in the number of men entering the specialty. However, 90% of surgeons are still men.
