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More women doctors than men for first time in UK

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Number of women on General Medical Council register overtakes men for first time.

Some 164,440 women are registered with a licence to practise, making up 50.04% of the register.

Numbers vary across England , Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland .

One of the driving factors has been the rising number of women joining UK medical schools.

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96

Informative language

98

Neutral language

90

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

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not offensive

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not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

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1

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