<aside> π‘ Hi! My name is Ramat and Iβm an FY1 doctor in the UK. I created this template when I was trying to navigate ranking all 18 deaneries amidst the new UKFPO allocation system (click **here* to read more about my experience and what to expect!). It contains some of the resources I used and the table I created to help pool everything together. I hope you find this useful!*
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SOME USEFUL RESOURCES:
These are some of the resources I used when deciding what order to rank each of the 18 deaneries. There are also additional resources and information on Messly, The Student Room and Reddit.
<aside> π SUMMARY OF FOUNDATION SCHOOLS BY THE UKFPO
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<aside> π This map below contains all the Deaneries and their respective hospitals. You can use it to gauge the size of each deanery and its proximity to other regions.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1u8IKt__tqI3hpSTyRlm8M0YW2TGBx9E&g_ep=CAISDDYuODYuMS4xNTU2MBgAIN1iKhIsNDcwODE0OTUsNDcwNzE3MDRCAkdC&g_st=ig&ll=49.839233267699655,-1.825920838623678&z=7
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<aside> π· COST OF LIVING CALCULATOR AND COMPARISON TOOL
Use this calculator to compare the cost of living between different regions across the UK
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<aside> π©Ί RANKING TABLE:
No. | Foundation school | Regions | Cost of Living (compared to Birmingham) | Apartments | Public Transport | Diversity | Proximity to London | Know all your placements from start of F1? | Same trust for F1 and F2? | Reviews |
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1 | London | βββ (approx. Β£1,074.3/month without rent) | π«±πΎ- Nice apartments but EXPENSIVE for single occupancy! Between Β£1250-Β£3000 | ππΎ | ππΎ | N/A | Yes | No | [Foundation Doctorβs 2023 Guide to North London | |
2 | Oxford | Aylesbury, Amersham, Ascot, Banbury, | ||||||||
Berkshire, Buckingham, High Wycombe, | ||||||||||
Milton Keynes, Oxford, Reading, Slough | β - Oxford Β£809/month without rent - Reading Β£747/month without rent | ππΎ- Oxford is expensive and not nice ππΎ- MK and Buckingham cute flats for Β£1200 ππΎ- Reading cute flats for about Β£1200 but not as much as MK | ππΎ- Good public transport but will have to move if F2 is in a different trust | ππΎ | ππΎ | Yes | No | Oxford Deanery - The Student Room | ||
3 | WM Central | Birmingham, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, | ||||||||
West Bromwich | ||||||||||
4 | Trent | Boston, Chesterfield, Derby, Grantham, | ||||||||
Lincoln, Mansfield, Nottingham, Burton | π«±πΎ- Nottingham approx. 2h Β£35 ππΎ- Lincoln approx. 3h ππΎ-Derby approx. 1h 30. Β£35 | Yes | No/Maybe | [Foundation Programme at Trent | JuniorDoctors.co.uk](https://juniordoctors.co.uk/programmes/foundation-programme/trent) | |||||
5 | Wessex | Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Dorchester, | ||||||||
Isle of Wight, Jersey, Poole, Portsmouth, | ||||||||||
Salisbury, Southampton, Winchester | - Bournemouth approx. Β£731.60 without rent - Southampton approx. Β£760.30 without rent | ππΎ | ππΎ | Yes | Yes | FP Choices in Wessex : r/JuniorDoctorsUK (reddit.com) | ||||
6 | West Midlands North | Dudley, Shrewsbury, Stoke, Telford, | ||||||||
Walsall, Wolverhampton, | ||||||||||
7 | KSS | Ashford, Brighton, Canterbury, | ||||||||
Chichester, Chertsey, Dartford, | ||||||||||
Eastbourne, Frimley, Gillingham, | ||||||||||
Guildford, Haywards Heath, Maidstone, | ||||||||||
Margate, Pembury, Redhill, St. Leonardson-Sea, Worthin | ||||||||||
8 | LNR | Evington, Kettering, **Leicester, | ||||||||
Northampton** | ||||||||||
9 | Severn | Bath, Bristol, Cheltenham, Gloucester, | ||||||||
Swindon, Taunton, Weston-Super-Mare, | ||||||||||
Yeovil | ||||||||||
10 | West Midlands South | Coventry, Hereford, Nuneaton, Warwick, | ||||||||
Worcester | ||||||||||
11 | NW of England | Manchester, Liverpool, Leighton, Barrow-in-Furness, Isle of Man | ||||||||
12 | East of England (EBH and East Anglia) | Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||
13 | Yorkshire and Humber | North Yorkshire and East Coast: | ||||||||
Bridlington, Grimsby, Hull, Scarborough, | ||||||||||
Scunthorpe, York | ||||||||||
South Yorkshire: Barnsley, Doncaster, | ||||||||||
Rotherham, Sheffield | ||||||||||
West Yorkshire: Airedale, Bradford, | ||||||||||
Dewsbury, Halifax, Harrogate, | ||||||||||
Huddersfield, Leeds, Pontefract, | ||||||||||
Wakefield | ||||||||||
14 | Wales | |||||||||
15 | Scotland | |||||||||
16 | Northern | Newcastle, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham | ||||||||
17 | Northern Ireland | |||||||||
18 | Peninsula |