❤️‍🩹Cardiothoracic Surgery 2026/27

Verified 9 October 2026

At a glance

Competition ratio

73.7 : 1

737 apps·10 posts

Extreme

Source: NHS England 2025 ↗

Entry point

ST1

Training length

7 years

ST1 to ST7

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Your training journey

Step 1

Medical School

5-6 yrs

Step 2

Foundation Training

2 yrs

Current

Cardiothoracic Surgery

7 years

ST1 to ST7

Step 4

CCT

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Hear from trainees

Short videos from people already in Cardiothoracic Surgery are coming to this page. If you are one of them, record one.

Application process

New for 2027

In 2027, UK graduates and others in the priority group are offered interviews and training posts first. Read more here.

Key dates for August 2027 entry

National recruitment coordinated by NHS England Wessex.

Applications

Advertisements published

Wednesday 21 October 2026

Applications open

At 10:00 Thursday 22 October 2026 (Oriel only)

Applications close

At 16:00 Thursday 19 November 2026

Interviews

Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 February 2027

Offers

Initial offers released by

At 5pm Tuesday 6 April 2027

Holding deadline

At 9am Friday 9 April 2027

Upgrade deadline

At 4pm Wednesday 14 April 2027

Hierarchical deadline

At 4pm Thursday 15 April 2027

Source: NHS England Wessex 2027 ↗

Top-rated trusts for Cardiothoracic Surgery, as rated by doctors

Get ready for your Cardiothoracic Surgery interview

We're starting right now with IMT for The Schema, but depending on which specialties get more waiting list sign ups, resource development will be focused more towards that.