Placeholder more information
Why do some programmes NOT contain Board and rotation details? What are these programmes and why are they on Oriel?
These training programmes are still being finalised and confirmation of employing board (s)/ hospital and rotations will be available once this work is complete. The placeholder programmes all have “PL” at the end of the programme reference on Oriel.
My allocated foundation school uses a group match processes and there is a group called “placeholder”. Is this group confirmed?
The groups that are titled “placeholder” contain programmes which are still being finalised and the programmes within the group all have “PL” at the end of the programme reference number.
Do I need to preference placeholder groups or programmes or is it ok to ignore them?
No, you don’t need to preference the placeholder groups or programmes. Applicants should either:
- ignore the placeholder groups or programmes, or
- ensure that they are ranked at the bottom of their preference list.
This does not guarantee that an applicant will not be matched to one of these groups or programmes.
We would advise that applicants do not positively rank these groups/programmes any higher than at the bottom of their list because this will increase their chance of a match to one of these groups/programmes.
Might I be matched to one of these placeholder programmes? If so, how will this affect me and what happens next?
A small number of applicants in each foundation school may be allocated to a placeholder programme. All applicants who have been matched to a placeholder programme will be contacted by their foundation school on Thursday 11 April with further details on next steps.
Applicants who have been allocated to a placeholder programme will be matched to a confirmed programme from May 2024 onwards once the foundation school has finalised the programmes.
UKFP Competion Ratios 2021, 2022 and 2023
Please see the link to the competions ratios for previous years, this can be found under key documents 2024 here.
2024 Foundation Programme Allocation
Please see the UKFPO website here for helpful comparison data.
Allocation Key Points
Please see the link to allocation key points doument on the UKFPO webite here.