Three doctors for every 1,000 people

There were 18,160 doctors, 41 per cent of them female, registered during 2013 with the Medical Council entitling them to practise medicine in Ireland — giving a ratio of three doctors to every 1,000 people in the country, according to the regulatory body’s annual report 2013. Of the total 18,160 doctors on the medical register, 1,575 new doctors registered with the Council for the first time. Other key points raised in the Council’s annual report 2013 include the fact that by the end of last year 12 of 13 postgraduate medical training bodies had been formally assessed and approved. For…