As additional time was required in the remote format, the OSCE was divided into two halves, with candidates and examiners being given short comfort breaks mid exam.

A candidate can have a maximum of six attempts at each of the oral components. A derogation was introduced to exclude the first ‘remote’ attempt from this total. This derogation will be coming to an end on 31 July 2021.

OSCE

149 Candidates (including 9 with a prior pass in the SOE) were examined. 92 (62%) passed, for those 9 taking the OSCE only, 78% passed.

SOE

137 Candidates (including 21 with a prior pass in the OSCE) were examined.