Background
The Government has proposed the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill to prioritise UK medical graduates for foundation programme training and give preference to UK graduates and doctors with significant NHS experience for specialty training. This legislation is now going through Parliament.
Bills are proposals for new laws. If they pass every stage of scrutiny in the House of Commons and House of Lords, and receive Royal Assent they become Acts of Parliament, and Law.
Important
Some of the FAQs and guidance provided here are subject to the passing of the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill. This also means that we cannot provide answers to all queries at this time, however we aim to update these FAQs on a regular basis. Information about the Bill and its progress through Parliament can be found on the Parliament website:https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4062
Further FAQs can be found on the NHS England website.
It is important to note that the method of allocation used in Oriel which is called Preference Informed Allocation (PIA) is separate to the proposed Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill. The proposed Bill seeks to prioritise certain groups of applicants when allocation takes place.