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ACCS Emergency Medicine Recruitment 2027 dates
Every ACCS Emergency Medicine application window we hold, when it opens and closes, with a page for each.
Emergency medicine training through the Acute Care Common Stem, recruited at ST1. Nationally managed with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
ACCS Emergency Medicine ST1 Recruitment 2027 (Round 1)
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Before you apply
Who can apply for ACCS Emergency Medicine?
Evidence of foundation competences within 3.5 years of start: UKFPO programme, NTN/DRN training post, FPCC, or 12 months post-registration plus CREST. The Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 applies. Source ↗
How do you apply for ACCS Emergency Medicine?
Single application on Oriel. Posts are preferenced on Oriel before offers, and preferencing reopens between offer iterations. No core training option from 2027. Source ↗
How are ACCS Emergency Medicine applicants shortlisted?
Longlisting in two phases, then all eligible applicants sit the MSRA. Total MSRA score shortlists if eligible applicants exceed interview capacity (about 882). MSRA 40%, interview 60%. Source ↗
What is the ACCS Emergency Medicine interview like?
Online interview on Qpercom Recruit: two stations of up to 10 minutes. Source ↗
How competitive is ACCS Emergency Medicine?
2025 Round 1: 14.23 applications per post for ACCS Emergency Medicine CT1/ST1 (5,081 applications, 357 posts), NHS England. Source ↗
When does ACCS Emergency Medicine start and how long is it?
Specialty training to become an emergency doctor takes a minimum of six years after foundation. Source ↗
What scores for ACCS Emergency Medicine ST1.
There is a portfolio station, but no published marks for it. The MSRA is 40% of the final score and the interview 60%.
No portfolio score published2026 recruitmentNHS EnglandRead 1 October 2026
How selection works
The MSRA shortlists. The interview is two ten-minute stations, one portfolio and one clinical and ethical. The MSRA is 40% of the final score and the two stations together are 60%. The old Core Training option has been removed; recruitment is now to the ACCS Emergency Medicine run-through route.
What is scored
ACCS Emergency Medicine ST1 publishes no portfolio scoring. There is no points table and no band descriptors to show, so this page states what the route does instead of inventing a score for it.
The official guidance confirms a portfolio station but does not publish a conference or presentation points matrix. Conference listings can identify opportunities, but MedicMess cannot state how many marks an achievement will receive.
Still counts before 19 Nov.
ACCS EM: nothing new will count for 2027. No open call finishes before Round 1 closes.
