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The Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK is pleased to announce that new dates have been confirmed for those Specialty Certificate Examinations (SCE's) and European Specialty Examinations that were cancelled earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a consequence of the ongoing global COVID-19 situation, the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK has taken the extremely difficult but necessary decision to cancel all MRCP(UK) examinations in the UK and internationally from Monday 16 March until September 2020.

Exemption from self-isolation if identified as a close COVID-19 contact Candidates and examiners who have failed the pre-exam Health Questionnaire on the basis that they need to self-isolate on account of being identified as a close contact may still be able to attend the examination but only if they fulfil all criteria for exemption from self-isolation as noted below: They must have received both doses of COVID-19 vaccination at least 2 weeks previously and provide proof of vaccination.

UK PACES prioritisation 2021/2 MRCP(UK) has received feedback in relation to the prioritisation criteria we have used to select candidates for PACES places in the UK during the COVID pandemic.

The ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and resulting restrictions and infection control measures means that additional space and time are still required to run a socially distanced PACES examination.