Foundation Doctor's Guide to Northern Ireland

Belfast City Hospital is a 900-bed teaching hospital with regional cancer & renal focus, Ulster Hospital is the regional centre for plastic & max-fax surgery, Royal Victoria is the regional specialist in infectious disease and Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children is the only paediatric-only hospital in Northern Ireland. Belfast is very social, with a great nightlife, food culture and fascinating arts scene, including the Titanic Belfast & Ulster
Museum.

For a quieter, more rural life, there are several district general hospitals such as those based in the coastal town of Derry, and the inland towns of Enniskillen and Newry. These are within 90 minutes travel to Belfast via a good train & road network.

Foundation School Statistics

2020 F1 Places: 240
2020 F1 Applicants: 194 (9 Academic Foundation posts)
2020 Competition Ratio: 0.81
2019 Competition Ratio: 0.94
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Hospitals

From early 2021, Messly’s updated Training Navigator will be released which will show in-depth reviews & GMC ratings on each Foundation Training rotation in each deanery.