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NHS GMTS Future Potential Assessment Practice
Stage 1 of the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme is the Future Potential Assessment: online, about 45 minutes, not time limited, and every candidate gets a feedback report. The Scheme asks for the right values and points you to the six NHS values. This practice gives you 76 work scenarios of our own, set on placements across all five specialisms, each built on one of those values. Choose the most effective response, read why it beats the others, and see your score by value. Start with 4 scenarios free.
NHS GMTS Future Potential Assessment practice
76 work scenarios on the six NHS values
- 76 original scenarios: 4 free, 4 practice sets of 12 and a full run of 24
- All six NHS values: working together for patients, respect and dignity, commitment to quality of care, compassion, improving lives, everyone counts
- The reason behind every answer, and what is wrong with the other responses
- A full run with our 45-minute practice clock: the Scheme says Stage 1 takes approximately 45 minutes and is not time limited
- Your report by value after every set, plus your time per scenario
- Scenarios set across all five specialisms: General Management, Finance, Human Resources, Digital – Health Informatics, Engineering & Estates Management
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Taking more than one module? NHS GMTS Complete: this practice plus the video interview and assessment centre pack.
The practice sets
Set 1: 12 questions, 15 minutes · Set 2: 12 questions, 15 minutes · Set 3: 12 questions, 15 minutes · Set 4: 12 questions, 15 minutes · Full run: 24 questions, 45 minutes
Each scenario has four responses: choose the most effective one. The clocks are ours, as a guide: the Scheme says Stage 1 takes about 45 minutes and is not time limited.
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- 76 original work scenarios
- All six NHS values: two scenarios per value in each 12-scenario practice set, four per value in the full run
- The reason behind every answer
- A 24-scenario full run
- Your report by value
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Every test: instant score, answer review and a breakdown of topics to work on
Practice set 1
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Practice set 2
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Practice set 3
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Practice set 4
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Full run (45-minute practice clock)
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Stage 1 and the stages after it, summarised from the Scheme’s own site
- Stage 1, Future Potential Assessment: online, approximately 45 minutes, not time limited. You can practise each question type before you start, and every candidate receives a feedback report.
- What it looks for: the Scheme says its process assesses your strengths and your potential to become a future NHS leader with the right values and motivation, not your degree subject or university.
- The NHS values: the Scheme points applicants to the six values in the NHS Constitution for England, the values our scenarios are built on.
- Stage 2, NHS GMTS Alignment Assessment: about 60 minutes with timed video responses, which the Scheme’s team reviews by hand.
- Stage 3, Virtual Assessment Centre: a half day of several exercises; for 2027 entry, the half-day Virtual Assessment Centres start in January 2027 and run through February. The Scheme lists three outcomes: an offer, the reserve list, or unsuccessful.
- Pay: a starting salary of £31,276, with the opportunity to increase to £33,681 after 12 months.
Checked on 1 November 2026 on the Scheme’s apply page, its About page and the NHS Constitution for England.
Before you buy
What do I get?
76 work scenarios of our own: 4 free scenarios, 4 practice sets of 12 (two on each NHS value) and a full run of 24 (four on each value) with a 45-minute practice clock. Each scenario has four responses; you choose the most effective one. Every answer is explained, including what is wrong with the other responses, and your result shows your score by value and your time per scenario. Resit any set as often as you like.
Are these the real Future Potential Assessment questions?
No. The Scheme does not publish its Stage 1 question types. Our scenarios are original practice written around the six NHS values that the Scheme points applicants to; none is an official assessment item. The NHS has not written or endorsed them.
When will I use this?
Applications for 2027 entry have closed. Practise now if you are in the 2027 process, or ahead of the next intake: the Scheme publishes its dates on graduates.nhs.uk.
Does it cover the video interview and assessment centre?
Not this practice. The NHS GMTS Video Interview + Virtual Assessment Centre Pack provides practice for Stages 2 and 3, and NHS GMTS Complete includes both for less than buying them separately.
How do I pay and get access?
One payment, handled by our payment provider, in your local currency where we can. Access opens on this device straight after payment. Sign in afterwards to keep it on your account. Access does not expire.
Independent practice, not affiliated with the NHS or the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme. Every scenario is our own: none is an assessment item. The Scheme does not publish the Stage 1 question types, so our scenario format and our practice clocks are ours. Purchase policy.