Female NHS consultants are closing the ‘gender promotion gap’

Female NHS consultants are closing the ‘gender promotion gap’

Researchers cite retirement of male consultants during Covid pandemic as key factor

The number of women becoming hospital consultants has jumped dramatically, narrowing the “gender promotion gap” with men, researchers have found.

The rise was due to an unusually large number of NHS vacancies created as older consultants decided to retire during the pandemic, according to the researchers, who compared the “considerable shift” to women taking on industrial jobs during the second world war.

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