If you qualified from medical school on or before 05 August 2024, you must take and pass the Clinical Assessment (CA) as a condition of your eligibility to apply to the Foundation Programme.
The purpose of the CA is to evaluate your fitness to begin work as a foundation doctor if you obtained your primary medical qualification more than two years prior to the start of the Foundation Programme.
The assessments will be delivered by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, and will take place on 03, 04, 05 and 06 November 2025. You will only be required to attend on one of these dates.
There are no exceptions or exemptions. If you qualified from medical school on or before 05 August 2024, you must take and pass the Clinical Assessment (CA) as a condition of your eligibility to apply to the Foundation Programme, regardless of your citizenship, nationality, or GMC registration status. This is a requirement which forms part of the national person specification for entry to foundation training in the UK.
The UKFPO’s Clinical Assessments are conducted exclusively for the purpose of the eligibility application; therefore, alternative assessments are not accepted.
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Full guidance about the Clinical Assessment will be provided on this page in due course. If you are required to undertake the Clinical Assessment, please check this page regularly for updates.
Frequently Asked Questions on Clinical Assessment can be found here.