MTI Scheme closure 

NHS England has taken the decision to end the current Medical Training Initiative (MTI) and the scheme closed to new applicants on 31st March 2026. 

Please be assured, all MTI applications currently with RCPath will be processed, and we have contacted these doctors directly via email with further information.  

Doctors currently on placements in the UK will not be affected and will be able to complete their attachment.  

For more information at this stage please see the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges’ (AoMRC) Scheme closure question and answers and the MTI scheme wind-down timeline. 

RCPath and the AoMRCs’ staff thank the thousands of doctors who participated in the ‘earn, learn and return’ scheme over the past decade.