Important Update: Round 3 Medical Specialty Recruitment
We can now confirm that some specialties that would usually offer vacancies will not be recruiting this year.
Individual specialties will review:
- The number of posts it has available
- The number of appointable applicants on the reserve list.
- If there are enough suitable candidates on the reserve list
For specialties that do not advertise:
- Available posts will be offered directly to appointable applicants on the reserve list from the previous recruitment round.
- You will not need to submit a new application to be considered for these posts.
- Posts will start later than August, but commencement dates will be clear in the offer detail
- Eligible applicants will be contacted and given the opportunity to preference the new posts available, prior to any offers being released.
If your immigration status has changed recently and you are now eligible for the priority group, you will be able to provide evidence so your application can be updated. Information about how to do this, and the timescales involved, will be shared on our website at a later date.
Page last reviewed: 6 July 2026
Next review due: 6 July 2027