F2 Allocation and Induction

Current F1s allocated to a Foundation Programme in the North region have been allocated to a two-year fixed programme.

If you are unsure of your allocated rotations please contact your Training Programme Administrator.

Current F1s allocated to a Foundation Programme in the South-East region have been allocated to your F1 year by using your preferences.

For your F2 posts, asked to submit your ranking preferences around October/November. You will be given the list of individual F2 posts available within your Group to rank in order of preference. It is likely that you will be allocated one post from the top third of your preferences, one from the middle third and one from the lower third. The main variable determining post availability is the preferences of the other Foundation doctors in your programme. Your Foundation Programme Director will coordinate this allocation process within your Group. They will consider your preferences, while ensuring a broad range of different specialties are experienced, balancing both the individuals' training needs and overall allocation for foundation doctors in their Foundation Programme. 

The F2 allocations are usually announced in February.

Over the two years of Foundation training in South-East, all foundation doctors will have a minimum of one post in Edinburgh and one post out with the city. This ensures a balanced programme involving Teaching Hospital and District General Hospital experience. 

A maximum of three surgical posts will be permitted over the two-year programme. Surgical posts include general, urology, breast, plastic, ENT, colorectal, cardiothoracic, vascular, paediatric and orthopaedic surgery. Emergency Medicine and O&G are not surgical posts.

No repeat posts are permitted e.g. Royal Infirmary Renal Medicine in F1 and F2.

If you are unsure of your allocated rotations please contact your Training Programme Administrator.

Example: 

• Duncan is allocated to Scotland as his Unit of Application.
• He ranks his Group preferences and is allocated to S01.
• He then ranks his Programme preferences and is allocated to S01001 for his F1 year. During F1, he is sent a list of options for F2. These options are still within S01.
• He ranks his preferences from 1 to 15 and is allocated an individually constructed Programme in Emergency Medicine, General Practice and General Adult Psychiatry for his F2 year.

Current F1s allocated to a Foundation Programme in the West region have been allocated to a two-year fixed programme.

If you are unsure of your allocated rotations please contact your Training Programme Administrator.