School of Emergency Medicine HomeARCP
Cheshire and MerseysideGreater Manchester and LancashireTrusts
FORM R and SELF DECLARATION - you will be sent an Online Form R Guidance doc for each new ARCP, please follow the instructions as paper forms are no longer used.
The School of EM holds biannual ARCPs in January and June/July each year. Trainees will be advised of their ARCP date at the beginning of the academic year. Portfolios will be assessed at the Assessment Panel (previously know as Panel A) and a final outcome will be awarded. Two weeks later the school holds a Feedback Panel (previously known as a Panel B) where trainees who achieve any outcome other than an outcome 1 will be expected to attend.
We have recently reviewed our Form R & Self Declaration process. You will be sent an Online Form R Guidance doc for each new ARCP, please follow the instructions as paper forms are no longer used. The self-declaration form will need to be emailed to your Educational Supervisor to sign and a copy must also be uploaded to your e-portfolio. Self-Declarations should now only be completed if you have been impacted by COVID since your last ARCP.
Form R can be completed 8 weeks prior to panel – any changes to the Form R i.e. sick leave etc please send an updated Form R following the same process. Once completed, please upload a copy to your e-portfolio and send a copy to accsem.nw@hee.nhs.uk This does not need to be validated by your TPD.
**Please note, if the ES report has already been completed at this stage, a validation confirmation via email will be accepted.
26th March 2026 Spring ARCP panel / Feedback panel 16th April
24th June 2026 ST3 & ST4 Summer ARCP panel
25th June 2026 ST5 + Summer ARCP panel / Feedback panel 8th July
21st October 2026 ACCS & ST3 Autumn ARCP panel
22nd October 2026 Emergency Medicine (higher) Autumn ARCP panel / Feedback panel 5th November
ARCP dates for 2027
21st January 2027 joint ACCS & Emergency Medicine Winter ARCP panel / Feedback panel 11th February
All Machester and Mersey trainees will be invited to meet with their TPD and Head of School for an interim review around January, February or March each year. All trainees are expected to attend.