Specialty training
Public Health Recruitment 2027 dates
Every Public Health application window we hold, when it opens and closes, with a page for each.
Specialty training in public health. The Public Health National Recruitment Office coordinates recruitment for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Public Health ST1 Recruitment 2027
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Before you apply
Who can apply for Public Health?
Doctors: full GMC registration, foundation competence and at least 2 years' postgraduate experience by start. Non-medical: 2:1 degree or higher plus 48 months' work experience, 24 at Band 6 or equivalent. Source ↗
How do you apply for Public Health?
One application only on Oriel, naming a first-choice training location. Applicants invited to the selection centre later rank programmes. Source ↗
How are Public Health applicants shortlisted?
No scored application form. All eligible applicants sit the assessment centre: critical thinking, numerical reasoning and a situational judgement test. Source ↗
What is the Public Health interview like?
Virtual selection centre interview (dates to be confirmed) assessing person specification criteria; ranking is by selection centre score. Source ↗
How competitive is Public Health?
2025 Round 1: 28.53 applications per post (2,710 applications, 95 posts), Public Health Medicine ST1, NHS England. Source ↗
When does Public Health start and how long is it?
Usually a five-year programme, which can be shortened to four years with a completed MPH. Source ↗
What scores for Public Health ST1.
Public Health: points not yet verified. We will show what it scores once we have read this year's guidance.
What is scored
Pearson VUE: PHNRO assessment centre · NOT re-verified in this pass; the 2 Sep research was already partial.