How many consultants are currently undergoing training in community sexual and reproductive health, broken down by (a) the year that the tr…

Training in community sexual and reproductive health is a specialty training programme designed to produce consultants who would be specialists in community sexual and reproductive health. The training places would therefore be for junior doctors in training rather than consultants.
Training in community sexual and reproductive health is a relatively recent development. The medical speciality of community sexual and reproductive health was formally established in 2009, under the auspices of the faculty of sexual and reproductive healthcare of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Prior to the development of the speciality of community sexual and reproductive health, training was available to doctors training in obstetrics and gynaecology who wished to sub specialise in sexual and reproductive healthcare. The sub speciality training programmes in sexual and reproductive healthcare were developed from around 2006, and training in this sub specialty has been provided in Scotland. Doctors training as sub specialists in sexual and reproductive healthcare gain a certificate of completion of training in obstetrics and gynaecology, but with recognition that they are sub specialists in this area.
Until November 2011 there were three doctors training in this sub specialty in Scotland. With two having achieved their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) there is currently one trainee undergoing training in this sub specialty area in Scotland. This training is not situated in an individual board, but is based in the West of Scotland region.
While there are currently no doctors training in the new specialty of community sexual and reproductive health in Scotland, we would expect to advertise training posts in this specialty programme from 2013.