🩺General Practice 2026/27

Verified 9 October 2026

At a glance

Competition ratio

4.9 : 1

20,995 apps·4276 posts

Mod

Source: NHS England 2025 ↗

Entry point

ST1

Training length

3 years

ST1 to ST3

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Your training journey

Step 1

Medical School

5-6 yrs

Step 2

Foundation Training

2 yrs

Current

General Practice

3 years

ST1 to ST3

Step 4

CCT

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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 2027 entry

One centralised UK-wide round for August 2027 starts, run by the GP National Recruitment Office. Two MSRA sittings (January and February) feed into a single ranked list.

Applications

Vacancy advertisement

Wednesday 21 October 2026 (on Oriel)

Applications open

At 10am Thursday 22 October 2026

Applications close

At 4pm Thursday 19 November 2026

MSRA

MSRA invitations sent (first sitting)

Expected by Monday 14 December 2026

MSRA invitations sent (second sitting)

Expected by Monday 21 December 2026

MSRA test window (first sitting)

Tuesday 5 January to Wednesday 20 January 2027

MSRA test window (second sitting)

Wednesday 10 February to Thursday 18 February 2027

MSRA results released

Expected from Wednesday 17 March 2027

Offers

Initial offers released

By 5pm Tuesday 6 April 2027 at the latest

Hold deadline

At 9am Friday 9 April 2027

Upgrade deadline

At 4pm Wednesday 14 April 2027

Source: NHS England / GPNRO 2027 ↗

Lead recruiter

GP National Recruitment Office (GPNRO)

GP ST1 is recruited UK-wide across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales through a single centralised process run by the GPNRO.

NHS recruitment helpdesk NHS England GP recruitment page