Prioritisation for F2 Stand-alone 2026

The Government’s Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act has now been passed by Parliament and become law. The Act brings in new rules which prioritise UK medical graduates for Foundation training and give preference to UK graduates and doctors with significant NHS experience for Specialty training.

The Government has confirmed that these changes will take immediate effect. This includes recruitment to all Foundation and Specialty training programmes commencing from August 2026.

For F2 Stand-alone 2026, prioritisation will be implemented at the offer stage. Priority will go to those with a primary medical qualification from medical schools in the UK or Republic of Ireland and those with a primary medical qualification from medical schools in Iceland, Principality of Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.

Prioritised applicants will be offered ahead of non-prioritised applicants. Non-prioritised applicants will only be offered a training programme if there are no prioritised applicants remaining. An applicant’s prioritisation status will be determined based on information recorded in their application form at time of submission.