Overview of Anaesthetics and Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Anaesthetics training CT1
Anaesthetics and Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Anaesthetics CT1The Anaesthetics National Recruitment Office (ANRO), part of NHS England based in the Midlands, coordinates the nationally agreed process for recruitment to Core Anaesthetics/ACCS Anaesthetics training programmes.
Working closely with the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA), we ensure the recruitment process is quality assured and suited for this stage of training.
Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) website, Recruitment into Anaesthesia.
ANRO is available during the office hours of Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (UK BST/GMT). To contact us, please use the Freshdesk portal - Support: midlands.freshdesk.com
ANRO understands the importance of the selection process for an applicant’s future career pathway. We would remind applicants of their responsibility to conduct themselves in a professional manner as outlined in the Good Medical Practice when in correspondence with ANRO team members.
Anonymous data from the recruitment process, including scores awarded and feedback collected, will be used to evaluate, and refine the national selection process. Data may be correlated with anonymised scores from outcome measures during your future training such as success in professional examinations and outcome of the Annual Review of Competence Progression.
Page last reviewed: 22 September 2026
Next review due: 22 September 2028