Specialties participating and Interview dates

The following PSRO-coordinated specialties will be participating in the second round of 2026 recruitment. Provisional interview dates have been published to each specialty page, so please visit the ‘Interview dates & posts’ tab to view these. At present, we are still awaiting confirmation from a few specialties as to their interview dates. The specialty pages will be updated with these once confirmed. Where known, the evidence upload window dates are also published: 

Specialties not participating

The PSRO-coordinated specialties not participating in this round include: audiovestibular medicine, cardiology, clinical genetics, clinical neurophysiology, medical oncology, medical ophthalmology, rheumatology, sport and exercise medicine. Should additional posts arise in these specialties, they may be offered to candidates on the reserve list. There is no guarantee if or where any posts will become available, and reserve list candidates will be contacted when opportunities arise; it is not possible for us to advise on the possibility of posts arising in these specialties.

 MRCP(UK)

To ensure that you receive your results for each examination before the deadline of 20 October, the latest examination diet for which you can be considered for this round are as follows:

• Part 2 Written – 2026/02
• PACES – 2026/02; although examination dates around the start of the 2026/03 window will have their results just before the deadline, as most will not be in time, the decision is that no results from this diet can be accepted to ensure equity for all applicants.

Applicants requiring the full MRCP(UK), who have not completed it prior to these diets, and have not applied to these diets for their outstanding part(s), will not be eligible and should expect their application to be withdrawn. 

Post numbers

Indicative post numbers will also be published to each specialty’s page once these have been confirmed. All indicative numbers received will be published by 24 July.

Applicant Guide

An addendum to the applicant guide with information specific to this round is available in the Document Library. Please note that most things will be the same as the first round.