2022

Between January and March 2022, a total of 9,678 applicants took the new CBT and 89 percent passed both parts, across all fields of practise.

This represents the total number of new CBTs delivered including resits.

Legacy CBT

As part of our 12 months transition period, and as expected, we’ve seen smaller number of candidates siting the legacy CBT. In order to protect the identity of these candidates we are not providing the breakdown of sittings per month, but we can confirm the following:

• Between January and March 2022, a total of 28 applicants took the legacy CBT and 75% percent achieved a pass.

This figure is a smaller sample in comparison to the previous quarters just because most of the candidates are now taking the new CBT since this went live on 2 August 2021.

Between April and June 2022, a total of 10,062 applicants took the new CBT and 89 percent passed both parts, across all fields of practise.
This represents the total number of new CBTs delivered including resits.

Legacy CBT

As part of our 12 months transition period, and as expected, we’ve seen smaller number of candidates siting the legacy CBT. In order to protect the identity of these candidates we are not providing the breakdown of sittings per month, but we can confirm the following:

• Between April and June 2022, a total of 11 applicants took the legacy CBT and 73% percent achieved a pass.

This figure is a smaller sample in comparison to the previous quarters just because most of the candidates are now taking the new CBT since this went live on 2 August 2021.

Between July and September 2022, a total of 9669 applicants took the new CBT and 88 percent passed both parts, across all fields of practise.  

This represents the total number of new CBTs delivered including resits.

Legacy CBT

As part of our 12 months transition period, and as expected, we’ve seen a very small number of candidates siting the legacy CBT.

In order to protect the identity of these candidates we are not providing the breakdown of sittings this month, but we can confirm that in July 2022, 75 percent of the candidates that sat the legacy CBT achieved a pass.

Between October and December 2022, a total of 9764 applicants took the new CBT and 86 percent passed both parts, across all fields of practise.  

This represents the total number of new CBTs delivered including resits.

Between January and March 2022, a total of 3,029 applicants took the new OSCE and overall, 79 percent achieved a pass.

The below table represents the total number of new OSCEs delivered including resits, across the four delivery partners.

The lower number of candidates taking the new OSCE during this period is due to the fact that most applicants taking the OSCE were still eligible to continue with the legacy OSCE during our transition period, until 31 July 2021.

Legacy OSCE

Between January and March 2022, a total of 3,872 applicants took the legacy OSCE and overall, 92 percent achieved a pass.

The legacy OSCE has been delivered only at Oxford Brookes University, University of Northampton and Ulster University.

Our new OSCE suppliers, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northumbria University are not represented in this breakdown as they are not delivering the legacy OSCE.

The below table represents the total number of legacy OSCEs delivered including resits.

Between January and March 2022, a total of 3,029 applicants took the new OSCE and overall, 79 percent achieved a pass.

The below table represents the total number of new OSCEs delivered including resits, across the four delivery partners.

The lower number of candidates taking the new OSCE during this period is due to the fact that most applicants taking the OSCE were still eligible to continue with the legacy OSCE during our transition period, until 31 July 2021 (more information on the transition period).

Legacy OSCE

Between April and June 2022, a total of 1,723 applicants took the legacy OSCE and overall, 86 percent achieved a pass. This figure is a smaller sample in comparison to the previous period just because most of the candidates are now taking the new OSCE since this went live on 2 August 2021.

The below table represents the total number of legacy OSCEs delivered including resits.

Between July and September 2022, a total of 7,943 applicants took the new OSCE and overall, 79 percent achieved a pass.

The below table represents the total number of new OSCEs delivered including resits, across the five delivery partners.

Legacy OSCE

The legacy OSCE has been delivered only at Oxford Brookes University, University of Northampton and Ulster University. Our new OSCE suppliers, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northumbria University are not represented in this breakdown as they are not delivering the legacy OSCE.

In July 2022, a total of 688 applicants took the legacy OSCE and overall, 75 percent achieved a pass.

The below table represents the total number of legacy OSCEs delivered including resits, in July 2022.

Between October and December 2022, a total of 9727 applicants took the new OSCE and overall, 74 percent achieved a pass.

The below table represents the total number of new OSCEs delivered including resits, across the five delivery partners.

We have seen an increase in the number of candidates taking the new OSCE month on month. For the second half of the year, the number of test takers was 35% higher than the previous half of the year.