Training Practice

GP Training and Video Consultations

We are proud to be an accredited GP training practice, helping to shape the next generation of skilled General Practitioners. This means you may occasionally see a trainee doctor during your visit or have a consultation with them directly. These trainees, known as GP registrars, are fully qualified doctors with substantial hospital experience who are in the final stages of their GP training. They are closely supervised to ensure you receive the highest standard of care.

Being an approved training practice means that:

• Patients can directly contribute to the training of future GPs
• Patients who consult with the GPR will have longer consultations
• It keeps all doctors and nurses keep in touch with new medical developments and skills
• It improves all doctors and nurse’s consultation and training skills
• It ensures that clinical standards and standards of medical record keeping are maintained
• It helps with recruitment of high quality doctors to the practice for job vacancies

GPRs are doctors in training who are qualified doctors and have already worked in hospitals as junior doctors for at least 3 years and have now decided that they would like to specialise in General Practice. In order to qualify as a GP all doctors have to complete Postgraduate Specialist Training which includes at least 18 months training in General Practice.

The practice will be regularly assessed for its suitability for postgraduate training in general practice. This process includes an inspection of medical records for quality, NOT content. If you object to your record being seen for this process then you must let us know in writing so these notes can be withdrawn.

An essential component of training in all medical practice is the use of video and consultations with the both the GPR and the trainer present. We hope that all our patients will be willing to take part in these educational consultations to help us all in improving and maintaining our medical and consultation skills. All video recordings are strictly confidential and are used for teaching only.

Further information about video consultations can be found in our privacy notice.

Commitment to Quality

As a training practice, we are regularly assessed to ensure we provide an excellent learning environment. This includes periodic reviews of medical records for quality assurance (content is not reviewed). If you prefer to exclude your records from this process, please let us know in writing.