Recruitment timelines

Histopathology

Histopathology ST1 recruitment will follow the timeline below.

Recruitment to Round 1 2026 Histopathology ST1 will follow the timeline below.

Round 1 – CT/ST1 and Run Through – for August 2026 start

October 2025

Vacancies published

By 5pm on Wednesday 22 October 2025

Applications open

At 10am on Thursday 23 October 2025

November 2025

Applications close

At 4pm Thursday 20 November 2025

Evidence upload window opens

Monday 24 November 2025  

December 2025

Evidence upload window closes

At 10am Monday 1 December 2025

January 2026

Appeal window (72 hours including weekends)

Friday 9 January to Monday 12 January 2026

February 2026

Histopathology interview window

Monday 2 February to Thursday 5 February 2026

March 2026

Initial offers released

By Tuesday 24 March 2026

April 2026

Hold deadline

At 1pm Thursday 2 April 2026

Upgrade deadline

At 4pm Wednesday 8 April 2026

Hierarchal deadline

At 4pm Thursday 9 April 2026

The above dates are subject to change but you will be notified in advance if it is necessary to make any amendments to the timeline.

Page last reviewed: 22 October 2025
Next review due: 22 October 2027