The IFST process has been designed to support transfers in cases where individual circumstances have changed since the point of initial application/allocation to a 2-year foundation programme.
Applicants who need to be in a certain part of the UK for their Foundation Programme, due to their current personal circumstances which meet one of the nationally agreed criteria can apply for a transfer to a specific foundation school.
The process allows F1 doctors who are working as part of a two-year programme to apply for a transfer to take effect from the start of their F2 year, and for applicants who are applying to the foundation programme to apply for a transfer to take effect from the start of their F1 year in August. It is recognised that situations will arise outside of the national IFST process and national application window, therefore the opportunity to apply for a transfer due to exceptional circumstances throughout the course of the training programme will continue to be available and will be managed by individual Foundation Schools and Deaneries via the Out of Window IFST process.