All group and programme rotations are indicative and subject to change.
The West is a region of the Scottish Foundation School offering a wide variety of training opportunities including inner city opportunities and rotations in remote and rural settings in Dumfries and Galloway and Ayrshire and Arran. Remote and rural exposure and provides trainees with a greater awareness of the patient journey including primary/community and secondary interfaces in a remote and rural setting.
If allocated to a Foundation Programme (FP) in the West, you will be allocated to a two-year fixed programme.
- 36 foundation groups including W32 (SFP)
The West links to 5 NHS Health Boards, see weblinks below to see what the Health Boards provides:
- NHS Ayrshire and Arran
- NHS Dumfries and Galloway
- NHS Forth Valley
- NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
- NHS Lanarkshire
To download the full list of FP posts for 2025 in the West Region (2026 updated rotations will be published in due course)
See Oriel for further details on the rotations including any additional particulars on the posts. If there is a ‘0’ in the places available column in Oriel, this group and/or programme will not be available to preference for posts commencing in August 2025.
This is a recruitment website and current foundation doctors should visit the Scotland Deanery website for information about their training.
West Region Training Locations
This page was last updated on: 01.09.2025 at 11.27