Recruitment timelines

Core Surgery Training

Core Surgery Training CT1/ST1 recruitment will follow the timeline below.

October 2025

Advert appears

By 5pm Wednesday 22 October 2025 

Applications open

At 10am Thursday 23 October 2025

November 2025

Applications close

At 4pm Thursday 20 November 2025

December 2025

Invitations to Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA)

No later than Monday 15 December 2025

January 2026

MSRA Window

Tuesday 6 January to Monday 19 January 2026

February 2026

Invites to interview sent

Friday 13 February 2026 (Subject to change)

Evidence upload portal opens

Monday 16 February 2026

Evidence upload portal closes

Thursday 26 February 2026 

MSRA scores released to applicants

To be confirmed

Preferences open date

To be confirmed

March 2026

Preferences close date

To be confirmed

Interview dates

Monday 2 March to Wednesday 11 March 2026

Initial offers released (on behalf of all regions)

By 5pm on Tuesday 24 March 2026

April 2026

Hold deadline

At 1pm on Thursday 2 April 2026 

Upgrade deadline

At 4pm on Wednesday 8 April 2026 

Hierarchical deadline 

At 4pm Tuesday 15 April 2026

Interview scoresheet release date

To be confirmed

Please note that all dates are subject to change and you will be communicated with via oriel if changes occur.

Page last reviewed: 15 October 2025
Next review due: 15 October 2027