Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP)
Please use the links below to find information about your ARCP requirements including explanations of SLEs, examples of summary narratives, and lots more hints and tips on how to complete your portfolio.
The information on these pages covers the requirements for F1 and F2 doctors who have an ARCP in 2026. It should be used in conjunction with the UKFPO ARCP checklist. The information on these pages serves to provide some clarity and explanation to the document.
The main requirements listed may not apply to Foundation doctors who have received a developmental ARCP outcome and who will have had specific requirements set by the FPD/APGD. Please contact your FPD for advice if you are out of sync or have had a developmental outcome at the last ARCP.
Please provide your evidence in your completed portfolio by 31 May 2026 in order to give your FPD time to review your evidence before the ARCP which will be held in June/July.
The ARCP will be a desktop exercise, and you will not attend. You will receive a notification that your outcome will be issued on Turas after the ARCP. You should then log into your Turas Training Portfolio and acknowledge this.
It is essential that you acknowledge your ARCP outcome 1 or 6 also allow your F1CC or FPCC certificate to be created and allow you to download.
If you receive a developmental outcome, you will be notified by your FPD and will be invited to a further meeting to discuss what actions are required. For the vast majority of you this will not be relevant.
The structure of the delivery of educational supervision is slightly different in each of the four UK nations and these pages will clarify some of the questions you may have.
The Foundation Curriculum
All Foundation doctors in Scotland follow the Foundation curriculum as detailed on the UKFPO website where you will find details about Supervised Learning Events (SLEs), the Placement Supervision Group (PSG), Team Assessment of Behaviours (TAB) and your Summary Narrative. The UKFPO guidance requires 3 CS reports but only 2 ES reports as the ES completes the end of year report instead of a 3rd report as it covers the entire year including post 3. In England the ES remains constant for the whole year hence the discrepancy.
In Scotland, Foundation doctors normally have 3 CS and 3 ES with your FPD will complete the end of year report after the ARCP deadline submission.
For ARCP 2026 you will need:
Please also see FPC mapping guide
ARCP deadline to upload evidence is 31 May 2026.
This page was last updated on: 24.10.2025 at 14.34