National specialty training · Programme dependent, ST1 entry · General Medical Council; RCPath
The UK uses national specialty recruitment rather than institution-by-institution applications. Histopathology applicants apply centrally for ST1 through Oriel, then rank training regions. You do not apply directly to individual hospitals for an ST1 place.
Applicants rank regions during national recruitment rather than applying to individual hospitals.
Go to these directly. No platform, adviser or agent — including this one — decides your training place or registration.
| Histopathology ST1 recruitment | medical.hee.nhs.uk ↗ |
| 2026 person specification | medical.hee.nhs.uk ↗ |
| Available training posts | medical.hee.nhs.uk ↗ |
| How to apply | medical.hee.nhs.uk ↗ |
| GMC registration for international graduates | gmc-uk.org ↗ |
| RCPath recruitment into pathology | rcpath.org ↗ |
| RCPath guidance for international graduates | rcpath.org ↗ |
| Oriel application portal | oriel.nhs.uk ↗ |