Applicants who believe that they meet one or more of the criteria are required to discuss their circumstances with their current foundation school before completing the inter-foundation school transfer (IFST) application form. The purpose of this discussion would be to help set realistic expectations for potential applicants and to explain the necessary forms and supporting documents to be supplied and timeframes.
Having discussed alternative support arrangements with the foundation school and considered all options available to you, you should make an informed decision about whether you still wish to apply for a transfer. If you do decide to apply for a transfer, you must inform your foundation school of this decision.
- Foundation doctors should discuss their transfer application with their Educational Supervisor or Foundation Training Programme Director (FTPD) and/or Foundation School Manager if you are already in a foundation training programme.
- Medical students/applicants should discuss their transfer application with their medical school pastoral support tutor and the Foundation School Director and/or Foundation School Manager from the allocated foundation school, as soon as possible after allocation to a foundation school has taken place.
- It is important to understand that whilst foundation schools will do their best to accommodate specific location requests for approved transfers, they may not be able to offer a place in the location requested due to the availability of vacancies within the foundation school.
- It is useful to understand all the geographical areas within the foundation school to which you would like to be transferred to, and the training locations within it. A list of geographical areas for each foundation school and can be found on the UKFPO website.
- Applicants should not contact a potential receiving foundation school directly to ask if there are vacancies.