Health Care And Associated Professions Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training (Amendment) Order of Council 2012 and comes into force on 16th March 2012. Amendment 2 For the Schedule to the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Order of Council 2010 (recognised specialties within the United Kingdom), substitute— SCHEDULE Recognised Specialties within the United Kingdom Article 11 PART 1 Specialties requiring a minimum training period of five years Cardio-thoracic surgery ( also known as thoracic surgery ) Emergency medicine ( also known as accident and emergency medicine ) General (internal) medicine* ( formerly known as general medicine ) General surgery* Medical oncology Neurosurgery* ( also known as neurological surgery ) Paediatric surgery Plastic surgery* Trauma and orthopaedic surgery* ( also known as orthopaedics, and formerly as orthopaedic surgery ) Urology* Vascular surgery PART 2 Specialties requiring a minimum training period of four years Cardiology ( formerly known as cardio-vascular disease ) Chemical pathology ( also known as biological chemistry and as clinical biochemistry ) Child and adolescent psychiatry ( also known as child psychiatry ) Clinical genetics Clinical neurophysiology Clinical oncology ( also known as radiotherapy ) Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics ( also known as pharmacology ) Clinical radiology* ( also known as diagnostic radiology and formerly known as radiology ) Dermatology Gastro-enterology General psychiatry* ( also known as psychiatry, as general adult psychiatry, and as mental illness ) Genito-urinary medicine ( also known as venerology ) Geriatric medicine ( formerly known as geriatrics ) Histopathology Immunology ( also known as immunopathology ) Infectious diseases ( also known as communicable diseases ) Medical microbiology ( also known as microbiology and bacteriology ) Medical virology Neurology* Nuclear medicine Obstetrics and gynaecology* Occupational medicine Oral and maxillo-facial surgery ( also known as dental, oral and maxillo-facial surgery ( basic medical and dental training )) Paediatrics* Public health medicine ( also known as community medicine ) Renal medicine ( also known as renal disease, and formerly known as nephrology ) Respiratory medicine* ( also known as thoracic medicine ) Rheumatology Tropical medicine PART 3 Specialties requiring a minimum training period of three years Anaesthetics* Endocrinology and diabetes mellitus ( also known as endocrinology ) Haematology ( also known as general haematology ) Ophthalmology* Otolaryngology* ( also known as otorhinolaryngology, and as ENT surgery ) PART 4 Specialties with no minimum training period Acute internal medicine Allergy Audio vestibular medicine ( formerly known as audiological medicine ) Community sexual and reproductive health Diagnostic neuropathology Forensic histopathology Forensic psychiatry Intensive care medicine Medical ophthalmology Medical psychotherapy ( formerly known as psychotherapy ) Old age psychiatry Paediatric cardiology Paediatric and perinatal pathology Palliative medicine Pharmaceutical medicine Psychiatry of learning disability Rehabilitation medicine Sport and exercise medicine [Note: The specialties marked * above are those listed in Annex V, point 5.1.3 of the Directive which are common to all relevant European States. The remaining specialties are those in which the United Kingdom awards a qualification but which are peculiar to two or more relevant European States.] . Richard Tilbrook Clerk of the Privy Council