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Basildon The first two years are made up of 4 six month hospital posts: Paediatrics; Obstetrics and Gynaecology and a choice of two out of Psychiatry, Medicine for the Elderly or A&E. The final year is spent in a local training practice.

All trainees take part in the Basildon half day release.

GP registrars constructing their own training schemes can be accommodated subject to the availability of training practices.

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 Bedford

Come into Beds with us and share our passion for general practice in our pleasant market town. We have excellent schools and good transport links with London and Cambridge. Our rotation starts with 2 years of hospital posts followed by 1 year in general practice. We offer a variety of hospital posts including A/E, ENT, Integrated Medicine, O&G, Paediatrics and Psychiatry. There is a choice of urban and semi-rural training practices. We welcome doctors who are constructing their own schemes. We run a friendly and informative half-day release programme and encourage study for the MRCGP, DCH, DRCOG, DGM and DFFP. We arrange a popular annual residential course in addition to frequent social events involving all participants in the VTS. Come and join the fun. Course Organisers:

Dr Vijay Nayar
Email

Dr Peter Wilkinson
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Administrator
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Bury St. Edmunds We innovated the eighteen months in practice, eighteen months in hospital rota in the region. All rotations start with six months in practice. This has been popular with registrars.

Applicants’ needs are taken into consideration when offering hospital posts with shorter rotations being possible for applicants who have completed some of their hospital posts.

We support registrars who want to take up special skills training, and/or plan to become GPs with a special interest in another clinical speciality.

We are friendly and supportive. All registrars have a GP trainer who is their educational supervisor throughout their time on the VTS.

Follow the link from the Eastern Deanery website www.easterngp.co.uk

which will take you to us on the West Suffolk Hospital Trust website www.wsufftrust.org.uk

Course organisers’ email addresses are on the website or contact us through the Education Centre office 01284 713824 or 713342

Cambridge

Come and join us in Cambridge and be trained for the general practice of the future.  Our practices offer the full range of facilities.  Have fun with lively colleagues of the GP registrar group, which is thriving and dynamic and they plan our stimulating half day release course. Visit our website

Course organisers
contactable by phone on Wednesdays
01223 217606

or via email
Dr Simon Brown
Dr Tony Cole
Dr Paul Sackin
 

Chelmsford

We offer a preliminary month in a training practice before the 3 year scheme.

SHO posts are in Paediatrics, Obs and Gynae, Care of the Elderly, A& E, ENT and Psychiatry.

Registrars spend a year in one of 17 practices. These practices vary considerably, some on the Essex coast, others rural and some in "town" .

Currently our group number 30. Our programme emphasises experiential and problem-based learning, with the group actively involved in setting the topics .

Towards the end of the academic year is a 2 day residential course, usually at Cumberland Lodge, near Windsor Great Park.

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or contact our VTS administrator
Jacqui Whybrow
01245 51441

Colchester

The scheme consists of two years in four six monthly hospital posts in Geriatric Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics, A & E or Oncology. Following the hospital component, a year in general practice is then taken in one of the training practices attached to the vocational training scheme. The teaching practices are very varied from single-handed practices on the coast, to group practices both in country and town locations.

Training comprises of half-day releases which is compulsory during the year in General Practice. It is also expected that SHOs will attend whilst in the hospital posts.

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or email our course organisers

Dr Andrew Lennard-Jones
Dr Pamela Wright
Mrs Kimmy Eldridge

Great Yarmouth
(Broadland)
Four GP Registrars are appointed annually to this scheme. Registrars entering the scheme normally spend a period in one of six training practices and then proceed through a hospital rotation consisting of General Medicine and Geriatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, A&E and Psychiatry.

The posts are recognised for DRCOG, DCH, MRCP and MRCGP. Half day release programmes occur weekly both for hospital and general practice posts. The rotation finishes with a further period in general practice.

Course details
Website

Course organisers:

Dr Andrew Bigg
email

Dr Liam Stevens
email

VTS Administrator
Jackie Dawson
email

Harlow
(West Essex)
West Essex Vocational Training Scheme has trainees in Epping, Harlow and Bishop's Stortford. Strategically positioned between Cambridge and London with easy access by motorways M11 and M25 and by air from Stansted Airport.

The Scheme currently has 30 trainees with 6 Training Practices and 12 GP Trainers. The local Hospital is Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the rotation has Hospital & Community based, wide variety of jobs. In addition to the traditional SHO posts we also offer innovative SHO posts in palliative medicine, women's health, dermatology/rheumatology, ENT / ophthalmology and orthopaedics / rheumatology / urology.

Weekly half-day courses on the scheme concentrate on nurturing the Trainees into General Practice. Residential courses for Trainers and Trainees are held twice a year providing the opportunity for GPVTS Team members to interact and become better acquainted. The scheme conducts regular examination training sessions and has very high DRGOG, DCH and MRCGP success rates.

Course details
Website

Course Organisers
Dr Andrew Ashford
Dr Zia Yaqub

VTS administartors
Margaret Short
Polly Bracken
01279 827298

 

Huntingdon

The Huntingdon GP Vocational Training Scheme is uniquely co-located at the new Oak Tree Community Health Centre and at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, both in Huntingdon. Huntingdon is a attractive market town situated on a river, in an area of small towns and including two of the largest man-made lakes in England. It is a short drive from the University City of Cambridge, and less than an hour away by train from London and by car from Stansted Airport – so a relaxed lifestyle can be interspersed by big city excitement, as desired.

Our three year VTS features: a small, informal, friendly, registrar-led scheme; top quality trainers and training practices; an enthusiastic Course Organiser team, one a practising GP and the other a non-medical expert in medical education and assessment; a pleasant, safe environment in which to live; a convenient location for getting to Cambridge and London; and good national and international transportation links.

Website

Email the course organisers

Dr MeiLing Denney
email

Richard Wakeford
email

 

 

Ipswich The Scheme admits approximately 5 or 6 entrants each August to the two or three year programme. As some applicants only require one year of hospital SHO posts on the scheme we have the flexibility to offer them the two-year programme. The first one or two years are spent in selected posts including Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, A&E, ENT, Palliative Care, Psychiatry or Care of the Elderly. During this period there is a half-day release each week on a Tuesday during term times.

The third year is spent in a local training practice, ranging from urban to rural, large to small, and offers a high standard of training. A WHOLE-DAY release is provided in this year making us somewhat unique and it is believed that this arrangement has made a significant contribution to the success of this Scheme.

Mrs Mary Burgess
GPVTS Administrator
Postgraduate Centre
Ipswich Hospital,
Heath Road IP4 5PD
Email
Tel: 01473 702502

Course Organisers:

Dr David Ward
email

Dr Juno Jesuthasan
email

Kings Lynn

The King’s Lynn GP Training Scheme caters for all GP Registrars, whether they are on a rotation, or are constructing their own scheme. Support/advice is readily available, and help, wherever possible, is given to all GP Registrars with regard not only to training practices, but also to suitable SHO posts.

The Scheme is friendly (so we’re told!) and we try to be flexible with regard to GP Registrars’ individual needs.

Our 9 Training practices are a mix of urban and rural and the trainers have a wide range of interests.

Please contact us for a full prospectus and feel free to come and visit us!

Contact PGMEC/VTS Administrator

Jeannette Richardson
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn 01553 613613 ext 2439

Lister, Stevenage

The Lister scheme is flourishing! There is a good atmosphere in the hospital, which is situated within easy reach of London and Cambridge. The VTS group is ‘fantastically welcoming, supportive and energetic’.

Stevenage is surrounded by beautiful countryside with village pubs etc. Training practices are located in villages or market towns. Our committed group of friendly trainers is keen to help each young GP realise his/her potential.

There is full support for those wishing to undertake MRCGP (including a self-directed study group). The scheme is proud of many past merits and distinctions.

Participants do one month in general practice before 2 years of hospital posts and a final 11 months in a practice. The scheme meets on Wednesday afternoons and enjoys a 2 day annual residential. All members of the group are involved in planning the content and format of the programme. There are also social gatherings throughout the year.

contact Sue Lovell (VTS administrator)
01438 781076
email

or either of the Course Organisers

Melanie Hodgson
01462 732200

Dr Emma Salik

Luton The scheme also encompasses Dunstable and several surrounding villages and Harpenden, affluent commuter town. We are an expanding VTS with several enthusiastic new training practices offering a range of experiences from ethnic minority groups, social deprivation to farmers and stockbrokers. Luton is a University town with a vibrant social scene and there is a good train service to London. The football team needs your support.

We are keen to encourage our registrars to do MRCGP. We offer specific courses for consultation skills and minor surgery and some one-to-one dermatology training.

SHOs attend a unique twice yearly Block week of training which is an enjoyable unique experience and included consultation skills training. Group teaching in the Registrar Year is focussed around the Tuesday morning half day release where we enjoy learning together and we cover an interesting and stimulating programme.

Website

Applicants can arrange to meet the Course Organisers if they wish by telephoning our VTS Secretary on
01582 497531
email

Norwich

  • ESTABLISHED LARGE SCHEME
  • FULL DAY OUT ALTERNATE WEEKS FOR VTS
  • FANTASTIC VTS SUPPORT TEAM
  • THREE COURSE ORGANISERS
  • IN HOUSE COURSES ON-COMMUNICATION SKILLS, PSYCHOSEXUAL MEDICINE, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, CLINICAL EXAM SKILLS (OSCE).
  • HOSPITAL POSTS IN NEW STATE OF THE ART HOSPITAL
  • ACADEMIC LINKS WITH UNIVERSITY AND NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL AT NORWICH
  • OPPORTUNTY TO GAIN MSc- in health sciences. ESTABLISHED HPE SCHEME.
  • OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE GENERAL PRACTICE IN ITS BROADEST SENSE- FROM RURAL GENERAL PRACTICE TO INNER CITY
  • FUNDAMENTALLY NORWICH IS A FINE PLACE TO TRAIN AND LIVE
Visit our website

Contact the GP Administrator
Sue Cardownie
Tel: 01603 286881
Fax: 01603 286779
email

N.W. Herts

The VTS is set in leafy Hertfordshire but is within easy commuting distance of North London via the M1 and M25. We have eight SHO posts (Paeds, O&G, Psychiatry, Elderly Medicine, A&E) in two rotations plus a variable number of part-time SHOs linked to the VTS. We have 18 trainers and capacity for about 12 self construct GP Registrars each year. The half-day release course is held on Tuesday afternoons and the GP Registrars are actively involved in planning the programme. Dr Covell runs an MRCGP study group which follows the VTS meetings and has a good pass rate.

The highlights of the scheme include the annual residential course, dermatology teaching and the opportunities for periods of extended training in a variety of clinical specialities.

Details are available on the Eastern Deanery website www.easterngp.co.uk and our own website is under construction. The Course Organisers welcome enquiries about the scheme.

Dr Paul Heatley
Bennetts End Surgery, Gatecroft, Hemel Hempstead HP3 0DZ

Tel 01442 263511 email

Dr Bruce Covell
Parkbury House Surgery, St Peters Street, St Albans. Herts AL1 3HD

Tel: 01727 851589 email

Peterborough

Peterborough is a growing Cathedral City which is only 50 minutes by Train to London and 45 minutes from Cambridge. Housing is still reasonably priced.

There has been a VT Scheme in Peterborough since 1973. We have an excellent mix of Inner City, Market Town and Rural Practices with very enthusiastic Trainers. GP Registrars meet every Tuesday afternoon for their half-day release. The Registrars plan the educational Programme with the help of the Course Organisers. We hold an annual Residential Course and also run Consultation Skills Workshops with the help of Actors, Child Health Surveillance Courses and day-long Symposia.

Many of our GP Registrars have stayed in the area and are now joining the Scheme as Trainers and Course Organisers.

Visit our website

or email
Tel: 01733 874698

Southend

The Southend VTS is a new and innovative scheme, which has been in operation since 1988.

3 year candidates select four six month SHO posts from the 6 specialities of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics, A&E, Medicine for the Elderly, Psychiatry and Palliative Care. We have a thriving network of local Trainers for the Registrar year.

Our half day educational programme runs on Wednesday afternoons. In addition to this we have an annual residential course.

We believe in enjoying ourselves while we learn and have built up an enviable reputation as being a good place to train. All this and the Pier too!

Course organisers
Dr Roger Tisi
email

Dr Lionel Nagle
email

Ms Sharon Hadley
email

Watford

Watford has one of the best established VTS schemes in the UK. Rather than termly, the VTS half –day release meets weekly throughout the year. This allows us more flexibility in the topics we cover, which gives you greater choice. By meeting so regularly, we build a strong support network within the group. We run a highly enjoyable annual Residential, and organise lots of trips & social events, Our most recent group outing was to Copenhagen. So not only do we have fun but everyone passes the MRCGP! Website

Course organisers
Dr Nick Foreman
email

Dr Pauline Hernandez
email

Welwyn Garden City Situated on the outskirts of the Garden City, the Hospital, built in the Sixties, has recently merged with the Lister Hospital forming the East and North Herts NHS Trust. We have a very active supportive Postgraduate Centre.

It is close to the A1(M) and has an excellent train-link into Kings Cross.

This has remained a happy scheme which has learnt to adapt to the new NHS but remained focused on General Practice. The emphasis is on facilitation of Self-Directed learning, encouraging self-confidence and having fun.

The Scheme starts with one month in General Practice, followed by 4 six month SHO Posts and a further 11 months in General Practice.

There are seven training practices with eleven trainers.

Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Postgraduate Centre QE II
Tel:
: 01707 365418

01707 329292 Peartree Lane Surgery Alastair McGhee

01438 715044 Bridge Cottage Surgery Ann Drew

 

 
 

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