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Scotland

Contents

  • Geography
  • Statistics (Summary, Competition ratio)
  • Overall Satisfaction & CQC Hospital Ratings
  • The Application Process (Appointment to F2 programmes, Linked applications)
  • The Programme (Post availability, Training options)


Check out the Scotland Foundation School official site and the 2019 - 2021 Facebook groups for South East, West, East & North Scotland.



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Geography
Scotland is divided into regions (according to the four Deaneries it covers):
  • East region: Dundee
  • North region: Aberdeen/Inverness
  • South East region: Edinburgh
  • West region: Glasgow

East (Yellow)
o    Arbroath Infirmary
o    Murray Royal Hospital, Perth
o    Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
o    Perth Royal Infirmary, Perth

North (Blue)
o    Aberdeen Maternity Hospital
o    Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen 
o    Belford Hospital, Fort William
o    Caithness General Hospital, Wick
o    Dr Gray's Hospital, Elgin
o    Gilbert Bain Hospital, Lerwick
o    Lorn and Islands Hospital, Oban
o    Raigmore Hospital, Inverness
o    Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital
o    Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen
o    Western Isles Hospital, Stornoway
o    Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen
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South East (Green)
o    Borders General Hospital, Melrose
o    Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh   
o    Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
o    St John's Hospital, Howden
o    The Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
o    Western General Hospital, Edinburgh


West (Pink)
o    Ailsa Hospital, Ayr
o    Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
o    Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
o    Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larber
o    Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow
o    Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow
o    Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock
o    Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
o    Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley 
o    Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow
o    University Hospital Ayr
o    University Hospital Crosshouse
o    University Hospital Hairmyres, East Kilbride 
o    University Hospital Monklands, Airdrie 
o    University Hospital Wishaw, Wishaw
o    Vale of Leven District General Hospital




Statistics
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Summary
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791 F1 posts
797 applicants chose it as first preference
60 Academic Foundation postst. 
Competition Ratio

1.01 in 2018 (from the UKFPO's 2019 Applicant's Handbook).
0.99 in 2017 (from the UKFPO's 
2018 Applicant's Handbook).
NOTE: Remember that these numbers fluctuate from year to year, so looking at the statistics from just one year can be misleading.  

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​The Application Process
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​​Appointment to F2 Programmes

In North Scotland only, trainees are matched to a two-year programme.

For the rest of Scotland, trainees are matched to a fixed F2, but their rotations within this programme are not fixed.  Second allocation is determined according to preference. If two applicants are competing for the same post, the allocation of each trainee is determined randomly.

Both years may be spent in the same trust, or varied between years.   This depends on the employing trusts.
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Linked Applications
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Every foundation school honours linked applications so that linked applicants are allocated to the same foundation school.  Others (often the larger schools) will honour them further, ensuring applicants are allocated programmes within a certain distance of each other. 

For posts that are compatible, the school has decided that they are sufficiently close to one another for trainees to reasonably be able to live together.





The Programme
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​​Posts Available

Through the Scottish Medical Training website, the school now has an excellent search function whereby you can search for all training programmes available at a particular hospital, or all training programmes featuring a particular specialty.  Alternatively, you can find a list of the programmes available on their Foundation Programmes page.
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Training Options
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Providing eligibility criteria are met, Less Than Full Time (LTFT) training may be undertaken.
Overseas training is not available.

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