GP Placements

Aims of GP Placements

General Practice placements in the Foundation School provide F2 trainees with:

• An enhanced understanding and the ability to operate across the primary/secondary care boundary.
• A unique and broad perspective on the way in which the NHS can provide an integrated service to patients.
• A personalised, flexible, trainee-centred education.

The London Deanery GP department select clinical supervisors and fit their practices into a Foundation Programme.

Allocation 
Individual trainees are allocated to GP Practices by either London Deanery's GP department (for London Deanery F2 posts) or by the relevant NHS Trusts (for East of England F2 posts).

Contract of Employment
The Contract of Employment is held by the relevant NHS Trust of the allocated Foundation Programme.  The Trust is responsible for paying salaries and other HR related issues. Each Practice will sign an Educational Contract with each of its Foundation trainees.

Practices
Practices taking F2 trainees on placements are approved by the London Deanery GP department as suitable for training. All GP clinical supervisors will have undertaken a teaching course and regularly attend an F2 GP Supervisor Workshop.

Please note:

• The placement in a practice is part of a programme.
• The Foundation trainees will not cover all competences during the GP placement.
• Some competences may well be more readily met in General Practice than in some other rotations e.g. relations with patients and communication skills.
• Some competences i.e. DOPs may be more difficult to demontstrate in General Practice.
• Every practice is different and will offer different learning opportunities for their Foundation trainee.  Therefore the F2 trainee is expected to be flexible to the working arrangements of individual practices and to discuss the timetable with the GP Clinical Supervisor.