June 2026

Please see below for our KSS June bulletin.

Important Updates

** IMPORTANT- F1 doctors moving from provisional to full registration**

We are approaching the time of year when many of you will need to apply for GMC full registration to progress to Foundation Year 2 (F2). You cannot start F2 until you have been granted full registration with a licence to practise.

If you have received an outcome 1 at your recent ARCP and

  • Qualified at a UK medical school, you will need to log into your GMC Online account and submit an online application. Click here for more information
  • If you are an International Medical Graduate (IMG), please visit the guidance and application section of the GMC’s website for further guidance on making an online application. There is additional information and top tips for internationally qualified doctors available on line here.

It is your responsibility to inform both the foundation school and your F2 employing trust if you are aware of any delay in your GMC full registration being granted on time.

Foundation Schools are only permitted by the General Medical Council to submit a Certificate of Experience(COE) a maximum of 28 days prior to your official F1 programme completion date. This can only happen once you have successfully achieved a satisfactory ARCP Outcome 1.

F2 Career Destination Survey (CDS) 2026

The UKFPO are running the F2 Career Destination survey again this year, which will be open for all F2 doctors to complete between Monday 29 June and Thursday 13 August 2026. The link will be shared with all eligible doctors on Monday 29 June 2026.

F2s will receive a confirmation of completion, which they can include in their e-portfolio. As in previous years, we will not publish the CDS link on the UKFPO website, as it’s important it is only shared with eligible F2 doctors who are due to complete FP between June and September 2026.

RDs who are not eligible to complete the survey are: F2 doctors who are out of sync and due to complete FP in October 2026 and beyond; F2 doctors who are OOP; F1 doctors; trust-grade/LAS doctors.

PSA: for F1 doctors that have not yet passed the PSA

The UKFPO PSA microsite has been updated. The preparation resources for sitting the PSA webpage includes materials to support FP candidates sitting the PSA.

A new 60-item mock paper for foundation doctors has been developed and further information is available on the UKFP PSA mock paper – Guidance webpage.

The mock paper will be available from 09:00, Friday 21 August to 17:00, Friday 28 August 2026. Foundation schools and candidates will receive mock results.

Important Information

Provisionally registered doctors (Foundation Year 1) must not undertake formal locum posts or activities.

Provisionally registered doctors can undertake occasional ad hoc additional/overtime shifts on their current or previous FY1 placements that have formed part of their FY1 rotation, where such work is undertaken only within the limits of their current competence and with the support of their educational supervisor. When undertaking such occasional ad hoc additional/overtime work, provisionally registered doctors should be clear with other members of their team about their current experience and level of competence.

SCRIPT – supporting safer prescribing practices

The SCRIPT programme is a collection of innovative eLearning portfolios designed to encourage safe and effective prescribing and medicines management among healthcare professionals. The SCRIPT page on the UKFPO website has been refreshed recently, see SCRIPT – Safe prescribing eLearning programme – UK Foundation Programme.

SCRIPT will enhance your knowledge and confidence in prescribing correctly, improving patient safety, therapeutics and medicines management. You will receive a certificate for each module that you complete, which can be used in your online learning portfolio. SCRIPT is easy to use. You can access the modules at a time which suits you and revisit them even after completion. You can learn more about the SCRIPT eLearning programme and how to sign up by visiting Medicine & Surgery | Safe Prescriber

  • Additional script modules were released on the 1 July 2025 and are available to all foundation doctors (F1 and F2)
  • The SCRIPT Team completed work on a new edition of the Medicine & Surgery portfolio for Foundation Schools. The new edition comes with the following enhancements:
  • Reauthoring of selected modules to maintain alignment with the underlying evidence base.
  • Redesign and splitting of larger modules into more discrete modules to reduce per module running time, whilst expanding on scope, in response to Foundation Doctor feedback.
  • Module interfaces and navigation upgraded to a new design to maintain WCAG AA compliancy for improved accessibility for those with learning difficulties.

It is a local KSS Foundation School recommendation that all F1 and F2 doctors complete 6 script modules per year prior to ARCP.  The topics are not mandated by the foundation school; however, your trust may mandate topics to support learning.

Study Leave

The KSSFS Admin Team often receive queries on how KSS Foundation Year 2 Doctors can apply for Discretionary Study Leave. For clarity, please see the process which is shown on the flow chart in the Study Leave pages SE Study Leave .

NB: Discretionary Study Leave should be applied for prospectively and not retrospectively:

 **Please note that the management of KSS Study Leave changed from 01 April 2025 and KSS Resident Doctors link to the SE Study Leave  team for guidance on travel and accommodation and subsistence**

2026-27 TAB (Team Assessment of Behaviour)

Information on the TAB process can be found on the Horus Website.

KSS Contact details:

For Foundation Year 1 queries please email england.kssfoundationyear1.se@nhs.net

For Foundation Year 2 queries please email england.kssfoundationyear2.se@nhs.net

For any other queries, please email england.kssfoundationenquiries.se@nhs.net

PSA sittings 2026-2027

All sittings are scheduled to commence at 13.00.

  • Thursday 24 September 2026
  • Thursday 18 March 2027
  • Thursday 15 April 2027

enhance Programme

Hopefully, enhance will have been introduced to you as a Foundation doctor during induction and those wishing to take part will have expressed an interest. However, there is still time to participate, so please contact your local FTPD or PGMDE team if you are interested in taking part and they will be able to help you.

enhance is available to everyone who works for NHS England and you can find more information on the KSS website.

e-learning opportunities

The Foundation elearning programme covers key areas in your Foundation curriculum. It has been developed specifically for Foundation doctors by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in partnership with NHS England elearning for healthcare (NHSE elfh) and is approved by the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO).

Foundation School Representatives

Please see details below for KSS Foundation School F1 and F2 Resident Doctor Representatives for 2025-26. Please contact your Reps with any feedback so they can bring it to the FSD. For further information on the Reps roles, please see here.

NameGradeEmail
Nicola GallagherF1 (Lead)nicola.gallagher5@nhs.net
Keshav HarivardhanF1 (Deputy)keshav.harivardhan2@nhs.net
Dr Heloise MetzgerF2 (Lead)heloise.metzger@nhs.net

Courses, events, surveys and webinars

UKFPO webinars page

See the UKFPO Webinars webpage for webinar recordings and future webinar dates.

Upcoming webinars:

UKFP Curriculum 2021 (2026 Revision) – Introduction

Thursday 2 July 2026, 10:30 – 11:30am

This session will provide an overview of the upcoming curriculum changes, including the key updates, the rationale for revision and what these changes mean for foundation doctors, supervisors and medical education and foundation school teams. The panel will also highlight how the revised curriculum supports training, assessment and progression throughout the Foundation Programme.

There will be an opportunity to ask questions and engage with the panel during the session. For further informaiton see Webinar: UKFP Curriculum 2021 (2026 Revision) – Introduction – UK Foundation Programme.

South West Genomic Medicine Service, virtual event: A case based introduction to genomics and its relevance to your everyday practice

This event will address important questions like:

  • What is precision medicine?
  • How is it relevant for my patients with rare disease and cancer?
  • How does genomics influence prescribing?
  • How do I talk to patients and families about genomics?
  • Where can I find more information about genomics?

When: Monday 28 September 2026 – 1:30pm – 4:30pm

Where: Virtual via Microsoft Teams. Register now via Ticket Tailor (free, but you must register to receive the joining link)

Target audience: Foundation doctors

Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance, which can be uploaded to your e-portfolio and logged as core learning (if appropriate for you). (Note that CPD points are not available.)

I you have any questions about this event, please email sharonlthompson@nhs.net

Developing Medical Educators Group (DMEG) 2026 Conference for Trainees

DMEG is a network of early-career educators across a wide range of healthcare disciplines, including doctors, medical students, dentists, physician associates, and veterinary educators. DMEG hosts an annual conference aimed at supporting and inspiring those with an interest in medical education.

This year the conference will be held in person for the first time, offering enhanced opportunities for networking, collaboration, and hands-on learning.

Conference Details:

  • Title: From Curriculum to Competency: Educating the Next Generation
  • Date: Monday, 19 October 2026
  • Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
  • Format: In-person
  • Website: https://medicaleducators.org/dmeg

The programme will feature keynote speakers, interactive workshops, and trainee-led presentations, all designed to equip attendees with practical skills and insights into medical education. There is also the opportunity to submit abstract submissions for oral, poster and e-poster presentations. For further details please see here.

UKFPO Fellows

Our current Fellow, Kaveeta Malhi, is continuing to receive submissions of ‘Thrival Guides’ for the Left Field Shift project. Further information is available on the get involved webpage.

Radiology Resident Forum – Conference 2026

Taking place at Guy’s Campus, King’s College London on Sunday 18th October 2026, officially endorsed by the Royal College of Radiologists, these annual conferences bring together medical students, foundation doctors, and radiology trainees with an interest in imaging and radiology.

A day of workshops, research, presentations and more. The conference aims to provide a supportive space for resident doctors to present their work, meet others in the specialty, and hear from clinicians at different stages of training.

For more information and registration: https://radiologyresidentforum.co.uk/.

Online attendance will also be available.

Humans of the Foundation Programme

We are now inviting alumni (up to one year post‑foundation training) to submit a HOFP article, as well as, of course, current foundation doctors. See the HOFP webpage for more information and submission form.

A 2025-26 HOFP e‑book, a collection of articles published this training year, is in development and will be published in August 2026.

Reminders and Guidance

Horus e-portfolio update: Combined CS/ES end of placement report

This new form went live in October 2025. It includes all the elements of the two separate forms and is the only one that needs to be completed if the CS and ES are the same person.

The form is available in the ‘Forms (start new)’ section. A blank version is available on the UKFPO Assessments webpage.

The system will suggest this form to joint CS/ESs and provide guidance on the “Forms (start new)” page.

The overview will count both CS and ES forms as complete if this one form has been completed. However, the combined form can’t be used to replace the ES end of year report.

PLEASE NOTE: A satisfactory ES end of year report is still required prior to ARCP.

TIS Checks

Please can we use this opportunity to remind Medical Education colleagues in Trusts to work with their Medical Staffing teams to regularly check Foundation Doctors’ posts on TIS, against internal records. Early recognition of any discrepancies can help us all to resolve issues quickly.

Also, if you have not already informed us of any F1s that have withdrawn from training, please do so, as we aren’t always made aware by resident doctors themselves.

Foundation Doctors taking Parental Leave

Foundation Doctors who will be taking a period of Parental Leave are required to complete the following training interruption form: https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/useful-links-and-documents/ and return to england.kssfoundationenquiries.se@nhs.net. This is in addition to informing your employing Trust.

Less Than Full Time (LTFT) Training

Please click the link below for guidance regarding Less Than Full Time (LTFT) training: Less Than Full Time Training – Working across Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Foundation doctors in GP and psychiatry placements contributing to acute services     

Please see below link for guidance regarding Foundation doctors in community placements contributing to acute services: https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2023/09/KSSFS-Foundation-doctors-in-GP-and-psychiatry-placements-contributing-to-acute-services_2.pdf

NHS employers’ guidance on induction for international medical graduates

Please see below link to guidance from NHS employers:

https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Welcoming-and-Valuing-International-Medical-Graduates-A-guide-to-induction-for-IMGs-WEB.pdf

Foundation Doctor Role and Responsibilities

For guidance, please see document “Foundation Doctor Role and Responsibilities within the Local Education Provider and Minimum Requirements for Clinical Supervision of Foundation Doctors” here.

Useful Websites and Contacts

UKFPO Bulletin: