The London Deanery manages Core and Specialty training programmes for the London region. These training programmes in some cases include posts in the KSS Deanery, and in Essex and Hertfordshire (East of England Deanery). Training programmes consist of posts in a variety of hospitals, including district general hospitals, teaching hospitals, inner city and rural hospitals; some doctors may also gain experience in hospices or the private sector. To make sure trainees get a good balance and range of experience they will rotate between different posts within the programme.

The geography of our training programmes varies from specialty. However, there are principally five sectors within London. These are:

North West London
North East London
North Central London
South East London
South West London

See the NHS London website for a full list of all London Trusts.

Programmes in the North of London may include posts in Essex and Hertfordshire, whilst programmes in South London may include posts in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

Units of Application (UoA)

London is the UoA for the following generic programmes for ST1, 2 and CT1, 2 only:

• Core Medical Training
• Core Surgical Training (excluding Oral & Maxillofacial surgery and Neurosurgery)
• Oral & Maxillofacial surgery
• Acute Care Common Stem
• Core Paediatrics
• Core Psychiatry Training
• General Practice
• Core Anaesthetics

London/KSS is the UoA for the programmes listed below:

• Obstetrics and Gynaecology

• Higher Anaesthetics
• Ophthalmology
• Oral & Maxillofacial surgery
• Clinical Radiology
• Chemical Pathology
• Histopathology
• Medical Microbiology
• Public Health Medicine
• Neurosurgery (ST1 to ST4 and above)
• Emergency Medicine
• Paediatrics ST4 +
• All ST3/4 specialties