This scheme is based at Glan Clwyd Hospital. It benefits from a dedicated and close knit community of GPs and hospital doctors who work together to deliver education of the highest standard.
The site-locations listed above for each post may vary due to organisational changes within the department or host practice. Trainees may be expected to travel to a different location during their placement e.g. to a branch surgery.
Fixed rotations are not available. However, GP Programme Directors take into consideration each trainee’s prior hospital-based experience and endeavour to offer posts that complement. This ensures our GP trainees have a broad base of hospital experience. This cannot be guaranteed and depends on the hospital rotations available for each recruitment round. Trainees are not able to choose their GP training practice as allocation depends on availability at time of setting the rotations.
MRCGP exam preparation benefits from one of the Programme Directors being an RCGP Examiner.
Many of the GPs who act as your Educational Supervisors are products of the scheme and all of them are enthusiastic and friendly doctors who are keen to ensure your success as a GP trainee.
Half day release (HDR) is a half day of teaching that all GP trainees have to attend each week.
The size of our scheme allows us to meet as one group on half day release (HDR). We place a great value on peer support as well striving to provide a varied and well-resourced training programme.
Training programme director contact details can be found here - GP relevant contact details - HEIW (nhs.wales)
Scheme Administrators - Deryn Evans and Adam Mckenna
We aim to provide GP trainees with a supportive and friendly training programme with the opportunity to enjoy living in a beautiful part of Wales. The central location of the scheme ensures easy access to the magnificent mountains and coastline of North Wales, as well as the major cities in the North West of England such as Liverpool and Manchester.