{"id":370192,"date":"2026-01-14T22:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/370192\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:58:08","slug":"priority-access-to-specialty-training-for-uk-medical-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/370192\/","title":{"rendered":"Priority access to specialty training for UK medical graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As well as UK graduates, medical graduates from the Republic of Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein would also see their applications prioritised for specialty training and the foundation programme, owing to pre-existing trade agreements between the UK and these countries.<\/p>\n<p>IMGs (international medical graduates) already in the UK and who have completed foundation or core training or who have secured indefinite leave to remain, EU settled status or British dual-citizenship, will also be eligible for prioritisation for specialty training.<\/p>\n<p>IMG doctors from outside these categories would not be prevented from applying for specialty training roles. However, their applications will not be prioritised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr Fletcher\u00a0warned that\u00a0Government\u2019s\u00a0proposed approach for\u00a0UK graduate prioritisation differs\u00a0from that\u00a0previously\u00a0set out\u00a0by the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bma.org.uk\/advice-and-support\/international-doctors\/studying-and-training-in-the-uk\/bma-specialty-training-policy-faqs\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Hyperlink SCXW146690118 BCX0\">BMA<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under the association\u2019s recommendations, all IMG doctors registered with GMC and practising in the NHS by 5 March 2025 and possessing at least two years\u2019 experience in the NHS should also receive prioritisation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As well as UK graduates, medical graduates from the Republic of Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein would&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-370192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}