NHS Education for Scotland
Scotland CT1 Core Psychiatry Training 2027 (Scotland vacancy)
22 Oct – 19 Nov 2026
For doctors applying to CT1 Core Psychiatry posts in Scotland starting 4 August 2027.
Applications open, 10am · close 19 Nov, 4pm
MSRA opens
Scotland has a separate 2027 vacancy on Oriel, and you may apply to it or to the England/NI/Wales vacancy, not both. Applications open 22 Oct 2026 10am and close 19 Nov 2026 4pm; MSRA windows are 5 to 20 Jan and 10 to 18 Feb 2027, with first offers by 6 April 2027. Dates are from the Scottish Medical Training CT1 Core Psychiatry Applicant Information 2027 (version 12/10/2026).
What happens when
Applications open, applications close, MSRA opens, offers released, offers released and offers released: an email the week before each.
- Applications open22 Oct, 10am
- Applications close19 Nov, 4pm
- MSRA opens5 Jan 2027
- MSRA second sitting opens10 Feb 2027
- Preferences open26 Feb 2027
- MSRA results22 Mar 2027
- Offers released6 Apr 2027, 5pm
- Offers released9 Apr 2027, 9am
- Offers released14 Apr 2027, 4pm
What scores for Core Psychiatry CT1.
Offers come from your MSRA score alone. There is no interview and no portfolio.
What is scored
| Presentations and publications | Not scored |
|---|---|
| MSRA | 100% |
NHSE Core Psychiatry: Applying, MSRA · 7 Sep 2026. MSRA-only offers and the absence of any interview confirmed.
The MSRA.
Other windows.
Dr Robert Baxter22 Oct – 19 Nov 2026
Email me before applications openApplications open 22 Oct, 10am
Checked against NES’s pages · updated 16 Oct 2026