North West of England foundation school

This map shows you every foundation school, shaded by UKFPO's first-choice ratio for the last three cycles. Press a school for its programmes, groups, trusts, sites and specialties. Oriel runs a group stage for every school in England, Scotland and Wales, where applicants preference groups before programmes; Northern Ireland has none.

First-choice ratio, UKFP
fewer first choices per placemore

North West of England

1,095 programmes published on Oriel for 2026-2028 entry (984 FP, 63 SFP, 48 placeholders), across 27 trusts and 116 sites.

Groups

There are 18 groups in this school. This is the grouping system, by the programmes each group holds.

  • Manchester University NHS FT135
  • Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT117
  • Northern Care Alliance NHS FT117
  • Mersey and West Lancs Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust102
  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust81
  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS FT72
  • University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS FT51
  • Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS FT48
  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS FT42
  • Bolton NHS FT42
  • Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS FT42
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS FT42
  • Stockport NHS FT36
  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS FT30
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS FT27
  • East Cheshire NHS Trust24
  • Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS FT24
  • Noble's Isle of Man15

Trusts, by the programmes that rotate through them

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust132
  • Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust120
  • Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust120
  • Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust114
  • Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust101
  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust81
  • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust72
  • Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust69
  • St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust69
  • University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust51
  • Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust48
  • Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust45
  • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust42
  • Bolton NHS Foundation Trust42
  • Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust42
  • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust42
  • Stockport NHS Foundation Trust36
  • Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust33
  • Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust30
  • Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust30
  • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust27
  • Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust27
  • Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust25
  • East Cheshire NHS Trust24
  • Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust24
  • Manx Care21
  • The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust6
Rank North West of England's 1,095 programmes

Ratios: UK Foundation Programme Office, UK Foundation Programme 2027, First preference ratios, read 10 September 2026; UKFPO's own page is the record. Group stage: UKFPO, UKFP 2026 application timeline; in England the groups are geographical, SFP, FPP and placeholder groups, NHS England, placeholder FAQs, March 2026; Northern Ireland, NIMDTA, foundation recruitment; read 10 September 2026. Everything else on this page is counted from the programme lists the foundation schools published on Oriel for the 2026 cycle, 18 schools and 1,067sites in all. They are rough figures, not the schools' or UKFPO's, and lists change after publication. They are here to help you look, not to rank from: do your own checks against Oriel and the foundation school before you preference a programme. Doctor Devify Ltd accepts no responsibility for a decision made on these figures.