44% say they feel in control of their workload most or all of the time.

87% say they feel satisfied by working in their specialty always or often.

81% are working autonomously in their organisation.

58% gained their primary medical qualification in the UK.49% of SAS respondents were between 40–54 years of age and most were women (66%).

This is a skilled, diverse and motivated group of clinicians: 83% of them have 10 or more years of experience in medicine. They play an important role in service delivery … and they work across many specialties taking on roles in leadership, education and clinical governance.’ – Specialty, associate specialist and locally employed doctors workplace experiences survey: initial findings report, GMC, 2020Ī growing number of SAS doctors are motivated by a more flexible career path, geographical stability or a better work–life balance. ‘Doctors in these broad groups are not on a formal training programme or working in a consultant or GP post. The General Medical Council (GMC) reports that there are around 50,000 doctors in the UK with a licence to practise who are not in training or on the specialist register or GP register. The UK royal colleges of physicians received 244 responses from SAS physicians to our annual workforce census.

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