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  • Gender equality in academic psychiatry in the UK in 2019

  • Sukriti Dhingra, Helen Killaspy, Sarah Dowling
  • Journal:
    BJPsych Bulletin / Volume 45 / Issue 3 / June 2021
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    24 November 2020, pp. 153-158
    Print publication:
    June 2021
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  • Aims and method

    To investigate whether gender balance in academic psychiatry in the UK has improved since a 2005 initiative to encourage career progression for female academics in UK universities. We surveyed the gender of academic psychiatrists across the UK and compared our findings with our previous 2003 London-wide survey and with the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ 2001 workforce census.

    Results

    The percentage of women in academic psychiatry posts in the UK more than doubled, from 20% in 2001 to 40% in 2019, with increases at senior lecturer (from 25 to 50%), reader/associate professor (from 29 to 48%) and professor level (from 11 to 21%). Outside London, men occupy 72% of all posts and 89% of professorial posts. Within London, men occupy 45% of all posts and 74% of professorial posts.

    Clinical implications

    The representation of women in academic psychiatry has improved but men continue to dominate at professorial level. Gender equality appears worse outside London. The situation is exacerbated by the diminishing availability of posts across the UK.