🪢Vascular Surgery 2026/27

Verified 9 October 2026

At a glance

Competition ratio

6.4 : 1

225 apps·35 posts

High

Source: NHS England 2025 ↗

Entry point

ST3

Training length

6 years

ST3 to ST8

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Your training journey

Step 1

Medical School

5-6 yrs

Step 2

Foundation Training

2 yrs

Step 3

CST

Current

Vascular Surgery

6 years

ST3-ST8

Step 5

CCT

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Hear from registrars and consultants

Short videos from people already in Vascular 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.

Applications

Advert appears

By 5pm Wednesday 18 November 2026

Applications open

At 10am Thursday 19 November 2026

Applications close

At 4pm Thursday 10 December 2026

Shortlisting & Evidence

Evidence verification upload

To be confirmed

Interviews

Tuesday 9 February 2027

Offers

Programme preferencing window

To be confirmed

Initial offers released

By 5pm Tuesday 13 April 2027

Hold deadline

At 1pm Wednesday 21 April 2027

Upgrade deadline

At 4pm Thursday 22 April 2027

Hierarchical deadline

At 5pm Thursday 22 April 2027

Source: NHS England Vascular Surgery ST3 2027 ↗

Lead recruiter

NHS England (Vascular Surgery ST3 National Recruitment)

National Vascular Surgery ST3 recruitment.

NHS recruitment helpdesk NHS England Vascular Surgery ST3 page

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

Get ready for your Vascular 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.