Exam results
Here you'll find information on results and appeals.
MRCPsych Paper A Examination April 2023
12 May 2023
There were 346 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych Paper A Examination held in April 2023. A total of 688 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 50.29%. The trainee pass rate is 59.35%.
Professor Subodh Dave, Dean
All candidates should have received their result letters by email. We are unable to give results over the phone but please contact examinations@rcpsych.ac.uk if you have not received your email.
MRCPsych Paper B Examination March 2023
21 April 2023
There were 342 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych Paper B Examination held in March 2023. A total of 550 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 62.18%. The trainee pass rate is 75.18%.
Professor Subodh Dave, Dean
All candidates should have received their result letters by email. We are unable to give results over the phone but please contact examinations@rcpsych.ac.uk if you have not received your email.
MRCPsych CASC Examination January 2023
24 February 2023
There were 271 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych CASC Examination held in January 2023. A total of 491 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 55.2%. The trainee pass rate is 79.2%.
Professor Subodh Dave, Dean
All candidates should have received their result letters by email. We are unable to give results over the phone but please contact examinations@rcpsych.ac.uk if you have not received your email.
MRCPsych Paper A Examination December 2022
13 January 2023
There were 422 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych Paper A Examination held in December 2022. A total of 913 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 46.2%. The trainee pass rate is 51.8%.
Professor Subodh Dave, Dean
MRCPsych Paper B Examination September 2022
28 October 2022
There were 579 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych Paper B Examination held in September 2022. A total of 813 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 71.2%. The trainee pass rate is 79.9%.
Professor Subodh Dave, Dean
MRCPsych CASC Examination September 2022
21 October 2022
There were 383 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych CASC Examination held in September 2022. A total of 714 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 53.6%. The trainee pass rate is 77.2%.
Professor Subodh Dave, Dean
MRCPsych Paper A Examination June 2022
22 July 2022
There were 481 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych Paper A Examination held in June 2022. A total of 985 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 48.8%. The trainee pass rate is 53.6%.
Professor Subodh Dave, Dean
MRCPsych Paper B Examination March 2022
13 May 2022
There were 665 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych Paper A Examination held in March 2022. A total of 987 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 67.4%. The trainee pass rate is 73.9%.
Professor Subodh Dave, Dean
MRCPsych CASC Examination January 2022
25 February 2022
There were 261 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych CASC Examination held in January 2022. A total of 462 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 56.5%. The trainee pass rate is 78%.
Professor Subodh Dave, Dean
MRCPsych Paper A Examination December 2021
11 February 2022
There were 611 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych Paper A Examination held in December 2021. A total of 947 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 64.5%. The trainee pass rate is 67.9%.
Professor Subodh Dave, Dean
MRCPsych Paper B Examination October 2021
09 November 2021
There were 370 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych Paper B Examination held in October 2021. A total of 811 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 45.6%. The trainee pass rate is 56.1%.
Professor Subodh Dave, Dean
MRCPsych CASC Examination September 2021
08 October 2021
There were 344 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych CASC Examination held in September 2021. A total of 527 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 65.3%. The trainee pass rate is 85.8%.
Professor Subodh Dave, Dean
MRCPsych Paper A Examination 22 June 2021
27 July 2021
There were 689 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych Paper A Examination held on 22 June 2021. A total of 1112 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 62.0%. The trainee pass rate is 65.9%.
Dr Kate Lovett, Dean
MRCPsych CASC Examination May 2021
18 June 2021
There were 52 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych CASC Examination held in May 2021. A total of 115 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 45.2%. The trainee pass rate is 54.8%.
Dr Kate Lovett, Dean
MRCPsych Paper B Examination March 2021
4 May 2021
There were 413 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych Paper B Examination held in March 2021. A total of 769 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 53.7%. The trainee pass rate is 62.7%.
Dr Kate Lovett, Dean
MRCPsych CASC Examination March 2021
26 March 2021
There were 14 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych CASC Examination held in March 2021. A total of 22 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 63.6%. The trainee pass rate is 71.4%.
Dr Kate Lovett, Dean
MRCPsych CASC Examination January 2021
12 February 2021
There were 199 candidates who were successful at the MRCPsych CASC Examination held in January 2021. A total of 364 candidates sat the examination. The overall pass rate is 54.7%. The trainee pass rate is 84.1%.
Dr Kate Lovett, Dean
If you'd like to appeal against your exam result and make representations about the way it was conducted, please follow the appeals procedure.
You'll need to submit the appeal within 28 days of the date of publication of the results of the examination.
Please send all information to examinations@rcpsych.ac.uk.
This diagram shows the appeals process:
Please note that we will only investigate appeals where there is evidence of:
Your appeal will be reviewed by the Deputy Chief Examiner to make sure the application falls within one or more of the grounds for appeal.
If there are grounds for appeal, the Examinations Appeals Panel will review all documentation submitted by you.
They will also look at marksheets and comments from the Chief Invigilator and from the Observer if available.
The examinations unit will let you know of the decision in writing as soon as reasonably possible.
We advise you to apply for the next available date of the examination, even if you have not heard about the outcome of your appeal.
Please do not make representations to the examiner in any circumstances.
The Standish-Barry Prize
This prize started in 1998, the result of a bequest made by Dr Standish-Barry to the Irish Division. This was with a view to instituting a prize for the best results by an Irish graduate in the MRCPsych Membership Exams. The first such prize was given after the Autumn 1999 diet of the MRCPsych Exams, and is managed by the Exams Department of the College.
A £200 prize is given annually, presented at the College Annual Meeting, and there is no closing date. No need to apply, as Irish candidates taking the Paper B, and the CASC MRCPsych Exams will be considered.
Regulations
The prize is given to the Irish Graduate thought by the Exams Sub-Committee to have given the best overall performance in Paper B, and the CASC.
2022 Winner: Dr Andrew O'Malley
The Alexander Mezey Prize
Alexander Mezey(1922-2008) was born in Romania and qualified in medicine at the University of Geneva. After some years working in Switzerland and France, he arrived in England in 1951, and in a distinguished career was elected both FRCP (Edinburgh) and FRCPsych.
His clinical practice included extensive work on mental illness in immigrant communities. His book, Muse in Torment, is an elegant and extensive consideration of the Psychopathology of creativity.
The Alexander Mezey Prize is given annually to the international medical graduate (IMG non-EU) practising in the United Kingdom. This graduate is thought by the Exams Sub-Committee to have given the best overall performance in Paper B, and the CASC.
The Exams Sub-Committee identifies the successful candidate each December, when marks from all sittings of the examinations in that year are available. The Exams Unit, part of the College's Department of Professional Standards, manages this prize.
A £500 prize to be spent annually on vocational/professional activities, and there is no closing date.
No application is required as all IMG (non-EU) candidates successfully completing the CASC Exam, and practising in the UK or Ireland, will be considered.
Regulations
The prize is given to the IMG (non-EU) practising in the UK considered by the Exams Sub-Committee to have given the best overall performance in Paper B, and the CASC.
2022 Winner: Dr Sarah Maher Ibrahim Elanany
The President’s Prize
The President’s Prize is given after each diet of the MRCPsych CASC Exam to the candidate who gave the best overall performance in the MRCPsych Paper B and CASC exams.
Diet 1 includes the UK CASC in January, and the Singapore CASC in May. Diet 2 includes the UK CASC in September and the Hong Kong CASC in October. There is no need for candidates to apply as all candidates taking the MRCPsych Paper B and CASC Exams will be considered.
A prize of £500 is given twice a year and presented at the College’s International Congress.
CASC Diet 1 2022 Winner: Dr Henry James Whittle
CASC Diet 2 2022 Winner: Dr Daniel Di Francesco