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The UK health departments has been working with junior doctors and other stakeholders to put in place an offers process allowing applicants to receive all their training offer electronically.  The offers process will co-ordinate all first offers so that applicants can accept, reject or hold an offer.

As in previous years the recruitment team within each deanery will be responsible for making offers.   However this year the deaneries and specialities listed below will be using the UK Offers System and will make offers through the UK Offers System for Specialty Medical Training website.  The website is managed by NHS Education Scotland (NES) recruitment system, which has successfully operated an offers process in Scotland for the last three years.

NB: If you are applying to deaneries and specialities that are not listed below then you will receive your offer direct from the recruitment team within each deanery and not via the UK Offers System.

Deaneries and Specialties using the UK Offers System

For 2012 the following deaneries and specialties will be using the UK Offers System:

• West Midlands -                                  Anaesthesia and ACCS Anaesthesia
• Yorkshire and the Humber -             Neurosurgery
• East Midlands -                                   Public Health

Registering with the UK Offers System website

You will be required to register with the UK Offers website if you are applying to any of the specialities managed by deaneries listed above.  You will receive an email from the UK Offers System website asking you to log in, verify your identity and check your contact details.  You will need to do this within 14 days of receiving the email.  Make sure that you give your correct email address for this and all further communications.

When you receive an offer you will have 48 hours (including weekends and bank holidays) to decide whether to accept, reject or hold it.  You can hold an offer until all offers have been issued.  The 19th March is the final date for holding an offer.

Upgrading

This year, if you receive your offer through the UK Offers System you will be able to upgrade your offer.  This means if you hold or accept and offer that is a lower preference (from your original choices) than your first choice, you will have the option to either hold the post you have been allocated or accept the offer with upgrades.  If you choose to accept with upgrades, you may still receive a better offer from the same specialty if one becomes available.  Upgrading will continue until Friday 23 March 2012 for CT/ST1 core and run-through training posts and re-advertised CT/ST1 posts.

The upgrade option is applicable to specialties using the UK Offers System and to Core Surgery and ACF ST1 General Surgery (England) who offer upgrades through Pathway within the same timelines stipulated above.  For all other specialties you will need to check with the recruitment team within each Deanery or College to find out whether upgrades are available in the specialty that you are applying to.

The FAQs UK Offers System will help answer any questions you may have about the UK Offers System.