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SOUTHWEST PENINSULA DEANERY

The South West Peninsula Postgraduate Deanery is a new organisation taking effect from 1st April 05 and covers the counties of Devon and Cornwall from our base in Plymouth. The GP Directorate is responsible for training and developing the GP workforce fit for purpose for the challenging and complex world of modern Primary Care.

We have 5 Vocational Training Schemes, all in delightful parts of the world with beautiful countryside and miles and miles of coastline. They are based in Exeter, Barnstaple, Torbay, Plymouth and Truro. The vast majority of our GP Registrars decide to stay and work in the area once they qualify.

We are committed to offering a friendly and accessible service, delivering high quality, innovative education and training producing high quality GPs. It is our aim to develop a culture of lifelong learning, support and fun.

Contact details:

South West Peninsula Deanery
The John Bull Building
Tamar Science Park
Derriford
Plymouth
PL6 8BU

Trish Trim
Email: [email protected]

Schemes:

Cornwall

  • Most of the hospital posts in the training scheme are at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, right in the middle of one of the most beautiful and interesting areas of England
  • The Cornwall Vocational Training Scheme for General Practice has been developed over many years.
  • The scheme aims to provide the prospective GP with an excellent range of experience and training and many Cornwall VTS registrars subsequently succeed in becoming GP principals in Cornish or other West Country practices.
  • Fellowship by Assessment of the Royal College of General Practitioners is acknowledged to be the rigorous assessment of quality in General Practice. In 1998 the Tamar Faculty had the highest number of FBAs in the country, a reflection of the overall excellence of General Practice in the County.

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Course Organisers
Dr Mike Waldron email
Dr Chris Cuff email

VTS Administrator Alison Adams email
Senior Manager Medical Education Johanna Gilbert email
Postgraduate Education Centre 01872 252609


EXETER

  • The scheme aims to provide the prospective GP with an excellent range of experience and training and many Exeter VTS registrars subsequently succeed in becoming GP principals in Exeter or other West Devon practices.
  • The Scheme is well supported by local high quality training practices ranging from inner city to rural locations.
  • We enjoy the advantages of an immensely attractive part of the country set around a bustling city which has direct air links to the continent.
  • Situated on the River Exe in the beautiful county of Devon, Exeter can boast the best of all worlds. This diverse university city is rich in culture, history and nightlife while also surrounded by some of the most impressive and exciting landscapes the country has to offer.

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Postgraduate Centre Manager Rosemary Ash email


North Devon

  • If you are looking to get the perfect balance between education and lifestyle, then North Devon is the place for you. We aim to give you an excellent educational experience, whilst at the same time offering an unrivalled scope of ways to unwind.
  • It also provides excellent pastoral and peer support, much valued as doctors move through the 3 year educational programme.
  • It is a small, friendly and responsive scheme in an isolated, largely rural and very beautiful part of the southwest peninsula. This ideal of a warm community spirit is backed up with the NDDH's award of a recent SAGA Hospital of the Year award.
  • For those who like to get out and about there is a wealth of golden beaches, safe bathing waters, the chance to go horse riding and some spectacular walks along glorious coastlines that offer some of the best surfing in the country.

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Contact Sarita Warmington Tel 01271 311846 email


Plymouth

  • A major role of the scheme is to support you whilst you are undertaking a considerable change from trainee to competent GP. It aims to do this in two ways. Firstly by encouraging you to become a member of a group of colleagues by providing a social and educational programme where you can enjoy meeting and learning together. Secondly, by offering experienced Course Organisers and Trainers who fully understand the kinds of personal and professional issues you may encounter and who are available for confidential mentoring.
  • Set in the far south west of Devon, we can boast easy access to the best beaches on both sides of the peninsula.
  • A dream for surfers, sailors, divers an anybody else who enjoys getting wet in or on the sea. With lots of schools and clubs there are lots of opportunities for complete beginners. And for those preferring dry feet the entire coastline has a footpath around it offering 630 miles of exploring.
  • At any one time there are approximately 12 specialist trainees (STs) in each year of the three-year scheme (ST1, ST2 and ST3), working in hospital posts and GP training practices. We also have close links to the services, with mainly Royal Navy Doctors, both in hospital and GP posts, attending the educational programme and other events.

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Contact Zoe Gregory Tel: 01752 792718 Fax: 01752 763196 email


Torbay

  • The Torbay VTS website where we offer a small, friendly scheme that has been established in South Devon for over 20 years.
  • The Torbay scheme is well supported by a wide variety of training practices covering everything from the rural practices through to coastal and busy town practices. The scheme offers broad training based mainly in the friendly and sociable Torbay Hospital. This well-thought-of hospital is currently going through a major redevelopment which will improve the already excellent facilities available and shows the commitment held for top-quality training.
  • If your interests take in active pursuits then you have a wide choice to pick from. Excellent mountain-biking, horse-riding on the moors, rock-climbing or numerous water sports are all open to you.
  • The Torbay training scheme covers a wide variety of locations offering a host of different ways to unwind from the pressures of your training.

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Contact Sheila Williams 01803 654707 email

 

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