Less Than Full-time Training & GP Returner Programme

Dr Kevin HillDeputy Postgraduate Dean – GPEast Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery

Less than Full-Time Training

EAST MIDLANDS DEANERY SUPPORTS THOSE DOCTORS WHO FOR WELL-FOUNDED REASONS WISH TO TRAIN ON A LESS THAN FULL-TIME BASIS

ELIGIBILITYCaring for a dependent child Caring for a ill / disabled partner, relative or other dependentDisability or ill health

EU Legislation

EU Directive 1993/16/EEC EU Directive 2005/36/EC

Training should not be qualitatively different from that of a full-timer

Usually 50-80%

Principle of ‘pro rata’

Normal full-time working week = 10 sessions (40 hrs)7 Clinical sessions 3 Educational sessions

1 Half-day release 1 Practice delivered education (equivalent) 1 Independent learning

Example LTFT 60% = 6 sessions (24 hrs) 4.2 Clinical sessions1.8 Educational sessions

0.6 Half-day release 0.6 Practice delivered education (equivalent) 0.6 Independent learning

The Working Week

A balance between GP StR personal arrangements Practice room availability / GP Trainer hours GP StR educational needs

Childcare arrangement should be arranged around work requirements not vice versa

GP Returner Programme

GP ReturnersQualified GPs who have previously completed training Out of practice for more than TWO years6 months full-time (9 sessions) or part-time equivalentEmployed by practice (as with registrar)Entry knowledge test and exit MRCGP Applied Knowledge Test

GP Returner Programme

FinancingDeanery pays practice £30k£4k training grant£2k medical defence fees£24k for salary and on-costs

Expectations of training practice Learning needs assessment Tutorial / debriefs