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Postgraduate General Practice Education. THE GP PILOT PROGRAMME. Professor Neil Jackson Dean of Postgraduate General Practice Education. June 2010. THERE WILL BE A NEW PILOT GP SPECIALTY TRAINING SCHEME IN THE NORTH WEST SECTOR OF LONDON.
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Postgraduate General Practice Education THE GP PILOT PROGRAMME Professor Neil Jackson Dean of Postgraduate General Practice Education June 2010
THERE WILL BE A NEW PILOT GP SPECIALTY TRAINING SCHEME IN THE NORTH WEST SECTOR OF LONDON • The GP Department of the London Deanery has supported the development of a GP pilot. All Trusts and training practices in London were invited to express an interest in taking on the Lead Provider role. • Pilot scope: • 12 new programmes at ST1 starting in August 2011 • The training will involve multi professional working across healthcare boundaries and integrated care settings • The pilot will be in the Hammersmith area of North West London, with training practices geographically linked to local PCTs • LPs’ role in managing the programme: • Lead providers (LPs) will manage the provision of high quality education in defined programmes and ensure continually improving quality and innovation in delivery • They will contract with a network of local education providers within a defined geography, based on London’s health sectors • There must be clear arrangements in place to manage trainees in difficulty • In addition, the LP will be responsible for developing new trainers and practices • Also arrangements for additional out of hours training capacity need to be provided • cont…/
Curriculum and quality requirements: • The programmes proposed must comply with PMETB and RCGP requirements and standards for GP Specialist Training developed and approved by the RCGP / COGPED • Training practices / GP trainers involved in this pilot must be PMETB approved Additional expectations of the Commissioner: • The Lead Provider will be expected to introduce innovative learning methods, for example simulation, e-learning, resource library etc • The programme will align the requirements of healthcare in London
Principles underpinning the GP Pilot • Quality Standards – RCGP/COGPED Standards • Developmental – Innovation and creativity (not more of the same) • Strategic – GP workforce requirements • - ‘Fitness for Purpose’ (what kind of GP for the future) • Research Enquiry • - Pilot evaluation • Testing the Commissioner/Provider separation and the Lead Provider model (where does GP fit within this? What does a LP look like for GP?)
Current Commissioner/Provider Activity • Commissioner – Driving up Quality • Withdrawal of GP Trainer approval • Withdrawal of GP practice approval • Modified/restricted GP Trainer approvals • £17m invested in London’s GP training practices to expand physical training capacity • Continue to work to improve the quality of hospital GP training posts with RCGP • Commissioned academic ST4 programme working with London’s 5 undergraduate depts of GP • Cont…/
Provider – Driving up Quality • National Revalidation Support Team Pathfinder Pilot • Recruitment – achieved 100% fill for Aug 2010 (339 ST1s) • The ARCP process • GP Informatics (support and development) • We continue to support • - GPs in training • - New GPs • - Established GPs • - Multiprofessional practice teams