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Wrexham and North Powys

Top view of the Wrexham aqueduct
 
 
Additional information

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. We want to ensure 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 the time rotations are set.

The General Practice (GP) training scheme has been a popular element of medical education in Wrexham since the introduction of vocational training in the early 1980s. Wrexham Medical Institute has excellent staff and facilities, and Wrexham Maelor Hospital has dedicated and supportive consultant teachers. There are 15 excellent GP training practices, from Deeside across to Overton and Llangollen, including two in North Powys.

 

Half day release for this scheme

Half day release (HDR) is a half day of teaching that all GP trainees have to attend each week. 

  • Venue for this scheme - Postgraduate Centre, Wrexham Institute Technology Park Centre, Croesnewydd Road, Wrexham
  • HDR day for this scheme - Thursday morning
 
Contacts 

Training programme director contact details can be found here - GP relevant contact details - HEIW (nhs.wales)

Scheme Administrator - Eirwen Green

 

About Wrexham and North Powys

Wrexham is in the Northeast of Wales, close to the border with England and south of Chester. Despite that, most people are proudly Welsh and the hills of the Clwydian range are an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) which look down on the town. It’s one of those places people arrive at and stay. There’s very easy access to the beautiful countryside and coastline of North Wales, and to the cities of Chester, Liverpool and Manchester just across the border.