Updated for 2024 Applicants

For 2024 applicants, East Anglia and Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (EBH) Foundation Schools have merged to form the new East of England Foundation School. Successful applicants to the East of England Foundation School will be asked to preference either the East Anglia group or the EBH group on Oriel before ranking their job preferences.

The following information relates to the EBH group within the East of England Foundation School

Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Foundation School is part of Health Education East of England Deanery. EBH school stretches east from Luton & Watford to Chelmsford, Colchester, Basildon & Southend-on-Sea (a gorgeous sea-side town). For those looking for a mixture of specialty exposure and research, the main tertiary centres in this region are Southend University Hospital (centre for uro-oncology and gynae-oncology surgery and stroke care) and Basildon & Thurrock University Hospital (centre for cardio-thoracic surgery).

Hospitals in this region are linked to University College London and Anglia Ruskin University medical schools, so there are plenty of teaching opportunities.

Most hospitals within EBH are within an easy commutable distance from North or East London, with superb train links & motorway services (a train journey from London Fenchurch to Basildon Station takes 37 minutes, followed by a 20 minute walk to the Hospital). You can also expect good public transport services throughout the day. There is generally a good mix of doctors that live locally and those that commute in from London, providing a nice community regardless of your accommodation choices.

Applicants to EBH are informed of their full F1 and F2 training programme rotations by the start of their F1 Years, though they will not necessarily remain in the same hospital for both years. They will, however, be able to remain in the same group (East Anglia vs EBH).

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Foundation School Statistics

2023 F1 Places: 369
2023 F1 Applicants: 210
2023 Competition Ratio: 0.57

2022 F1 Places: 278
2022 F1 Applicants: 166
2022 Competition Ratio: 0.60

2021 F1 Places: 260
2021 F1 Applicants: 148
2021 Competition Ratio: 0.57

Below is an interactive bar chart displaying the competition ratios, and the number of posts over the past 5 years.

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How Does EBH Compare To Other Foundation Schools?

Check out our article "What are the most competitive foundations schools?" for a full breakdown.

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Hospitals, Rotation Scores, And CQC Ratings

In the chart below you'll find a list of hospitals attached to the EBH Foundation School, and an average of their Rotation Scores from Messly’s Training Navigator. Each rotation is given a score out of 100, which is based on a weighted average of ratings given by Foundation Trainees in the 2023 GMC NTS. The national average Rotation Score is 57 for reference.

Colours correspond to the latest CQC rating of that hospital.

‍Disclaimer: Please note that hospitals are unscored when there are insufficient responses by Foundation Trainees to the GMC’s NTS survey.

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Need help ranking your foundation programmes?

Rank your Foundation Programme rotations with confidence with Messly’s Training Navigator. See how rotations are rated by last year’s foundation trainees to make smarter decisions about where you’ll spend your Foundation Training.‍

You can use it to answer questions like:

👉  Which are the best-rated and worst-rated rotations in my Foundation School?
👉  How do the rotations compare for Workload, Learning and Satisfaction?
👉  Which is the best hospital for my favourite specialties?
👉  Within a hospital, which rotations are best-rated?

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