I have access to the CSA package - will I be upgraded to the RCA package? – FourteenFish Help Centre

This depends on whether you purchased the CSA package yourself or whether it has been provided to you by your Deanery. It also depends when the CSA package was purchased.

I paid for the CSA package myself

If you purchased the CSA package yourself after July 2020 then we would have automatically upgraded you to the RCA package but please contact us if this hasn't happened.

If you purchased the CSA package before July 2020 then you would need to buy the RCA package separately.

My Deanery provided my access to the CSA package

At the moment we have very few Deaneries who have current arrangements with us to provide the RCA package for their trainees so please speak with your Deanery in the first instance to check if this is in place with us.

If they do have an arrangement with us we will need to add you to the relevant Community but we usually have to seek permission from your Training Programme Administrator.

If there is no current agreement in place you can still purchase the RCA package and there is the potential your Deanery may set this up in the future. In many areas the deanery will reimburse the cost of the package from your study budget - but again we would recommend checking with them first.

But wait...surely the CSA and RCA packages are the same thing?

Ah - we get asked this a lot but the RCA package has actually been specifically created and tailored towards conducting remote consultations and reflects the new exam.

I paid for the CSA package myself

My Deanery provided my access to the CSA package

But wait...surely the CSA and RCA packages are the same thing?

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