NHS England
GP Specialty Training ST1 Recruitment 2027 (Round 1)
22 Oct – 19 Nov 2026
For doctors applying to GP specialty training (ST1) posts starting from August 2027, recruited by the GP National Recruitment Office across all four UK nations.
Applications open, 10am · close 19 Nov, 4pm
MSRA invitations
Apply on Oriel from 10am on 22 Oct 2026 to 4pm on 19 Nov 2026; MSRA first sitting 5 to 20 Jan 2027 and second sitting 10 to 18 Feb 2027; first offers by 6 Apr 2027.
What happens when
Applications open, applications close, MSRA opens, offers released, offers released and hold deadline: an email the week before each.
- Applications open22 Oct, 10am
- Applications close19 Nov, 4pm
- MSRA invitations14 Dec
- MSRA invitations, second sitting21 Dec
- MSRA opens5 Jan 2027
- MSRA closes20 Jan 2027
- MSRA second sitting opens10 Feb 2027
- MSRA second sitting closes18 Feb 2027
- Offers released17 Mar 2027
- Offers released6 Apr 2027, 5pm
- Hold deadline9 Apr 2027, 9am
- Upgrade deadline14 Apr 2027, 4pm
What scores for General Practice ST1.
GP is MSRA only. There is no interview and no portfolio.
What is scored
| Presentations and publications | Not scored |
|---|---|
| MSRA | 100% |
NHSE GP National Recruitment Office: MSRA, Offers, Person specification 2026 · 7 Sep 2026, partial. Presentations and portfolio are not scored, which is the claim that matters. But NHSE pages are inconsistent about whether a Selection Centre stage still exists for lower MSRA scorers, so treat the stated method as unconfirmed.
The MSRA.
Other windows.
Dr Robert Baxter22 Oct – 19 Nov 2026
Email me before applications openApplications open 22 Oct, 10am
Checked against NHSE’s pages · updated 16 Oct 2026