What's inside the guide
When you apply for UK specialty training, the hardest part is often knowing where the marks actually are. Every specialty scores your portfolio differently, and the criteria sit scattered across official documents that change each year. This guide brings them together — in both English and Arabic.
- The full scoring matrix for 46 specialties — traced to each specialty's official recruitment source
- How each specialty is scored: self-assessment, interview panel, or MSRA-only
- The 2026 UK-graduate prioritisation law, with the full eligibility list
- A practical portfolio-building section: research, quality improvement, audit, teaching and interviews
- Every official link you'll need — GMC, Oriel, the Royal Colleges and more
We never invent a number. Where a specialty hasn't published verifiable criteria, we say so plainly — because a plausible guess could cost you a year of misdirected effort.
From official sources — nothing invented
Every scoring matrix in this guide comes from that specialty's official recruitment source. Published by Healthcare Quality School (HCQS), it's built on one principle: accurate, source-verified guidance you can actually plan a year around. Available in full English and Arabic editions.