YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER DEANERY

Yorkshire and the Humber is an exciting place to live in and train for general practice. It covers the big cities of Sheffield, Hull, Leeds and Bradford, numerous smaller scale places like York, Barnsley and Harrogate, market towns such as Settle, Louth and Thirsk and seaside towns like Scarborough, Cleethorpes and Filey. It has a wide variety of cultural influences and combines superb shopping, entertainment and a lively pub/club culture, with stunning countryside and coastline. Yorkshire has a strong reputation for good theatre. Sporting facilities are great too, will plenty of action for both spectators and participants. Its outdoor activities are the best in the country as of course wherever you work clean air and open country are close by! Yorkshire is one of the most picturesque areas of the UK. There are two National Parks - the North Yorkshire Moors and Yorkshire Dales – and the Peak District is on the south-west boundary. There are excellent road, rail and air communications.

Yorkshire and the Humber offers a well-qualified and experienced network of Trainers and Educationalists committed to high quality education for General Practice. The well-organised training programmes are designed to fully meet your career aspirations. All education and training is intended to develop you as an individual in preparation for your future role as a General practitioner in a modern NHS. We have a growing menu of innovative training posts focused on your individual development needs, and our aim is to help GPsTRs prepare successfully for the new MRCGP exam. Although it is early days we are getting good results so far!

There are three areas – North and East, with 7 training programmes in Harrogate, Northallerton, York, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Scarborough and Hull; South, with 4 training programmes in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, & Sheffield; and West, whose 5 training programmes are in Airedale, Bradford, Leeds, Dewsbury, Pontefract, & Wakefield and Calderdale & Huddersfield.

Contact details:

GP Recruitment
Yorkshire and the Humber Postgraduate Deanery
Willow Terrace
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT

West Yorkshire and North & North East Yorkshire:
Helen Kelly and Nick Sowerby
South Yorkshire:
Helan Raynor and Debbie Harrison

Email: [email protected]

Schemes: (North & East Yorkshire)

HARROGATE
Specialties available are: Elderly Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Medicine with Dermatology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Psychiatry. We have innovatory posts in Dermatology and Palliative Care.

The Harrogate General Practice Specialty Training Programme encompasses the towns of Harrogate, Knaresborough and Wetherby. Training practices are also located in Boroughbridge, Otley and the beautiful countryside of Nidderdale with one training practice situated at its heart in the picturesque village of Birstwith. Harrogate lies centrally to these areas and is a fashionable, thriving spa town with superb shopping and recreational facilities. Harrogate is renowned for its two hundred acre stray giving an open, rural feel. It has wonderful Victorian architecture and features numerous contemporary bars, restaurants, a theatre, cinema and sporting facilities.
The educational aim of the Harrogate General Practice Specialty Training Programme is to help Specialist Training Registrars become lifelong learners and enthusiastic, rigorous and resilient General Practitioners. Provision will be made with a stimulating and challenging environment conducive to learning.
Specialist Training Registrars will be encouraged and supported in the planning of their own learning. Through one-to-one and group tutorials, case analysis and a half-day release programme covering an eclectic range of subjects, including the medical humanities, they will be given the opportunity to become secure in the broad range of competencies needed for a successful career in general practice.
This Programme also provides excellent training in rural medicine.

GP ST Administrator: Lisa Adams [email protected]
Telephone: 01423 553094 www.harrogategpsts.co.uk

HULL
Specialties available are: Accident & Emergency, Cardiology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Oncology, Paediatrics, Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology.

The Hull General Practice Specialty Training Programme covers a varied area, including the bustling maritime city of Hull, small attractive market towns like historic Beverley and the more rural Driffield, and extends out to the sea at Withernsea. There is the fascinating and ecologically important spit of land extending into the sea at Spurn point, and the gently rolling Wolds to explore with the North York Moors and a beautiful coastline in the surrounding area.
Hull is a lively city. It has been transformed over the last decade, with important tourist sites such as the Deep, a newly built sports stadium and a new medical school, which opened in October 2003. Not to mention an entertainment scene boasting a variety of clubs as well as renowned theatres and classical concerts. London is only 3 hours away by train, with York, Leeds and Sheffield within an easy drive.
The middle year of Hull’s rotations is usually made up of 3 posts in 3 different medical specialties lasting 4 months each. In addition to the standard hospital jobs the Programme has enough innovative / combined posts to enable all Specialist Training Registrars to undertake one as part of their training. These posts include specialties such as palliative care, community gynaecology, GUM and dermatology, ophthalmology and ENT. The half-day release programme is varied and well attended. The subjects are largely chosen by the Registrars and sessions focusing on tackling problem-based learning are also available.

GP ST Secretary: Ann Brown [email protected]
Telephone: 01482 604320 www.gpvts.co.uk

NORTHALLERTON
Specialties available are: Accident & Emergency, ENT, General Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Orthopaedics & Traumatic Surgery and Paediatrics.

The Northallerton General Practice Specialty Training Programme extends from Ripon in the south to Stokesley in the north. It straddles the northern part of the Vale of York, extending from the North York Moors to The Yorkshire Dales. Northallerton itself is a pleasant market town, within easy reach of York, Leeds, Teeside and Newcastle and the coast. The area is predominantly rural with spectacularly beautiful countryside and attractive villages. Throughout the year there are many festivals in the region, and apart from the countryside and its many recreational facilities, other attractions include Fountains Abbey, Masham and its breweries, racing at Ripon, Thirsk and Catterick, and the historic town of Richmond.
The educational aim of this Programme is to help Specialist Training Registrars become lifelong learners and enthusiastic, rigorous and resilient General Practitioners. Specialist Training Registrars will be provided with a stimulating and challenging environment conducive to learning. They will be encouraged and supported in the planning of their own learning. Through one-to-one and group tutorials, case analysis and a half day release programme covering an eclectic range of subjects, including the medical humanities, they will be given the opportunity to become secure in the broad range of competencies needed for a successful career in general practice.
This Programme also provides excellent training in rural medicine

GP ST Administrator : Wendy Buch [email protected]
Telephone: 01609 764619 www.northallertonvts.org.uk

NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE (Scunthorpe & Grimsby)
Specialties available are: ENT, Geriatric Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Oncology, Paediatrics, Palliative Care
Psychiatry and Respiratory Medicine.

The geography of the area is that of the Lincolnshire Wolds with gently rolling countryside and the two main conurbations of Scunthorpe and Grimsby. Scunthorpe is best known as a steel town and Grimsby as a fishing port but both have had to develop a myriad of other industries in the last twenty years.
The programme was initially two schemes based in Grimsby and Scunthorpe which united in the early 1990s to make it stronger and more diverse.
Our strength is that we are a small friendly supportive scheme. We aim to help trainees to develop into complete General Practitioners so that they can provide excellent primary healthcare for their patients and also accept responsibility for their own educational development throughout their professional careers. Learning must not stop on completion of the course therefore development of a self-directed, acquisitive approach to learning is important. The half day release teaching sessions occur on Tuesdays rotating between the two district general hospitals. The majority of the teaching is in small groups.
We currently offer 18 months of training in general practice and the remainder in one of the local district general hospitals (Diana Princess of Wales, Grimsby or Scunthorpe General Hospital, Scunthorpe). The practices involved in training offer a wide range of experience in General Practice – large and small, town and country, dispensing and non dispensing, PMS and GMS. All practices are modern and fully equipped.

Scunthorpe: GPSTP Coordinator: Rachel Wright [email protected]
Telephone 01724290177 www.northernlincolnshirevts.nhs.uk

Grimsby: GPSTP Coordinator: Bridget Nelson [email protected]
Telephone 01472 875 275 www.northernlincolnshirevts.nhs.uk

SCARBOROUGH
Specialties available are: Accident & Emergency, ENT, General Medicine (Rheumatology & Rehabilitation), Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Paediatrics.

The area of the Scarborough General Practice Specialty Training Programme includes some of the most exhilarating coastal and moor-land scenery in the country. Based in Scarborough, the sea is never far away, with dramatic cliff top walks and beautiful beaches. The small market towns of Malton and Pickering, and historic, coastal towns and villages such as Whitby, Filey and Robin Hoods Bay are on the doorstep. Several of the training practices are to be found within the North Yorkshire Moors National Park with its picture book villages and valleys, and wild heather clad moorland.
The Scarborough General Practice Specialty Training Programme is a friendly training programme, offering learner-centred education, tailored to address individual needs. It provides the widest possible General Practice experience, with training practices in the centre of Scarborough, small towns with community hospitals, and in delightful rural settings, including the heart of the North Yorkshire Moors. Several innovative posts are available, combining General Practice with Palliative care, Emergency Psychiatry & Rheumatology.
All registrars have the opportunity of individual educational supervision, and learning time is carefully protected.

GPST Administrator: Kathy Underwood [email protected]
Telephone: 01723 342 077 www.scarboroughpostgrad.co.uk

YORK
Specialties available are: Accident & Emergency, Dermatology, ENT, General Medicine (Endocrinology), Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ophthalmology and Paediatrics.

York is a historic city of great character. With its beautiful Minster and medieval streets, it is the second most frequently visited city in England after London. Situated in the Vale of York, with the river Ouse running through the heart of the city, York is perfectly situated for the Yorkshire Dales to the west, the Yorkshire Moors to the north and the many seaside towns to the east. Yet it is only two hours from the heart of London by train. With two theatres, good sporting facilities and a wide variety of interesting restaurants, it has excellent recreational facilities.
The York General Practice Specialty Training Programme has a long tradition of excellence and innovation. It offers a variety of posts to suit all learning needs. The excellent facilities of the York Hospital offer a wide variety of posts, providing a combination of good experience and teaching. To compliment this, there are a number of exciting innovatory community-based posts in many specialties, ranging from Palliative Care to Women’s Health. Finally there are over 30 modern practices to choose from in a great variety of locations.

GP ST Administrator: Bev Johnson [email protected]
Telephone: 01904 726572 www.yorkgpvts.co.uk

Schemes: (South Yorkshire)

BARNSLEY
Specialties available are: Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics, General Medicine, A & E, Psychiatry and Orthopaedic surgery.

Barnsley Hospital Social Club is a lively venue, and often a GP registrar acts as social secretary for the Doctors' mess. Night life in and around Barnsley is alive and kicking, and for those with more classical tastes, Sheffield and Leeds boast excellent theatres and opera houses and are in easy striking distance. The VTS has its own social calendar from 'Beer and curry nights' to wine tasting, go-karting and laser questing. There is also wonderful countryside and numerous attractions suitable for young families and those keen on sporting/outdoor activities.
The first GP trainer in Barnsley was a Dr Richard Crookes (1777-1845). He ran a training practice on Church Street, Barnsley. He is recorded as "a Great Swearer" whose apprentices "were regularly beaten with a walking stick". We like to think that our training methods have become more enlightened since then. Barnsley training practices operate in a broad range of settings (small and large group practices; urban and rural practices) but each one has a GP trainer who is committed to providing good quality education.
We have introduced a two-day residential course for all Registrars on the scheme. This runs every February and provides an opportunity to get away from hospital and the practice and to look into important topics in more depth. It also provides an excellent opportunity for social bonding (judging by last years bar bill!). We also run a two-day MRCGP course each year – this longstanding course provides important preparation for the MRCGP exam. There are also opportunities for social events such as kart racing, greyhound racing, bowling etc. These social events provide an informal way for our Registrars to get to know each other, the Programmer Directors and Trainers.
The Barnsley Vocational Training Scheme for General Practice provides GP registrars with a tailor-made package of educational and personal support to enable them to develop into confident, competent and well-balanced general practitioners. Our aim is to enable new GPs to attain the highest standards of care for their patients, whilst maintaining a satisfying family and personal life.

GPSTP Coordinator: Glenise Hatton [email protected]
Telephone: 01226435767 www.barnsleyvts.org.uk

DONCASTER
Specialties available are: ENT, Geriatric Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Oncology, Paediatrics, Palliative Care, Psychiatry and Respiratory Medicine.

Doncaster is located about 20 miles from Sheffield and is popularly referred to by some of its residents as "Donny". Doncaster has a new international airport and its centre has undergone regeneration including the development of an Education City campus, currently the largest education investment of its kind in the UK. Doncaster is also home to one of the oldest and largest racecourses in the country.
We are fortunate, as a scheme to be large enough to be able to offer a wide diversity of practices. Most of our practices are involved in undergraduate training; some in pre-registration house officer training; and all our practices have at least 2 approved GP trainers to provide continuity of support. Practices vary from small market town dispensing to suburban and town centre, and there are opportunities for practice exchange to provide a wide diversity of learning situations.
All out of hours work is covered by GP Co-Operative resulting in sensible out of hours rotas, supervised by experienced principals.
Historically, half of our VTS registrars have stayed on to work in Doncaster and district and our innovative Health Authority and PCTs are keen to see this tradition continue. Salaried posts are often available to bridge the cap between training and full partnership.

GPSTP Coordinator: Lynn Sanford [email protected]
Telephone: 01302796258 www.doncastervts.co.uk

ROTHERHAM
Specialties available are: Paediatrics with Community Medicine Sessions,
Medicine for the Elderly, A & E, Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

Rotherham is a commercial, rural and industrial centre in South Yorkshire, with a thriving indoor market complex. Being located between two motorways, (M1 and M18) and a major road (A1), means easy access to the shopping centres and attractions of the nearby cities of Sheffield, Leeds and Nottingham. Rotherham is also ideally situated for exploring the Peak District, Derbyshire, North Yorkshire, the East Coast and the Lake District. Nearby is the well-known Meadowhall shopping complex and the ‘Centertainment’ development which includes cinemas, bowling, a variety of restaurants and a night club. Also located in the ‘Don Valley Bowl’ is the Magna Development, Sheffield Arena, Ice Sheffield and Don Valley Stadium. The cities offer numerous theatres, and Rotherham has its own Civic Theatre and Arts Centre. Housing is affordable, with new developments both in and around the Town.
The main aim of the Rotherham General Practice Specialist Training Programme is to develop the knowledge and skills of doctors to enable them to become competent, caring and committed General Practitioners.
The Rotherham Programme offers 18 months General Practice based training and 18 months Hospital based training. For the General Practice element of the Programme, the Trainees will be based in one of the 11 training practices located in and around the Rotherham area.
We currently have posts in the following Hospital specialties: Paediatrics; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Psychiatry; Accident and Emergency; Geriatric Medicine; Cardiology/Respiratory and Orthopaedics/ Surgery. All posts are based within the Rotherham General Hospital Foundation Trust.
The Programme is in the process of expanding and developing by increasing the number of Trainers and Training Practices and also Hospital posts.

GPSTP Coordinator : Anne Watson, [email protected]
Telephone: 01709 302151 http://www.rotherhamvts.org.uk

SHEFFIELD
Specialties available are A&E, Dermatology, General Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, GUM, ID, Haematology, ID, Paediatrics, Paediatrics Emergency Department, Palliative Medicine, Psychiatry – Community and Old Age, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Oncology, Orthopaedics, Spinal Injuries/ Rehabilitation Medicine and Rheumatology

Sheffield is a magnificent place to explore history and innovation. The steel works were world famous and there is much dedicated to this. The Sheffield area has an abundance of rich heritage, gardens and open spaces, bustling nightlife and cultural events, sports and outdoor activities along with traditional rural villages and market towns. If you enjoy the outdoors Sheffield offers a gateway to the Peak District National Park, to Pennine Yorkshire and the TransPennine Trail cuts right across the region. Sheffield is also home to award winning Galleries, live comedy clubs, nightclubs and music venues.
Three year training programmes comprise 16 months in general practice (4 months in ST1 or ST2 and 12 months in ST3) and 20 months in hospital training posts, the majority of which are 4 months duration but some are 6 months duration.
The half a day or day release Teaching Programme provides an opportunity to meet and learn with peers in a supportive and friendly environment and keep the focus of learning relevant for the trainee’s future career in General Practice.
We aim to help trainees acquire the knowledge, skills and attributes required for modern General Practice so by the end of training, Trainees will have developed into competent reflective GPs with skills for life-long learning. Although it is one of the largest Programmes in the country, it is friendly, flexible and tailored to address individual needs as far as possible.

GPSTP Coordinator: Linda Latif [email protected]
Telephone: 0114 271 4077 www.sheffield.ac.uk/vts

Schemes: (West Yorkshire)

AIREDALE
Specialties available are: Accident & Emergency, General Medicine (Haematology and Oncology), Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics, and Orthopaedics and Trauma.

The Airedale General Practice Specialty Training Programme covers a mixed urban and rural area in West and North Yorkshire, including the southern Dales, Bronte country and the towns of Bingley, Earby, Haworth, Ilkley, Keighley, Skipton and Settle. This gives Specialist Training Registrars a chance to live and work in an area of outstanding beauty but also to experience both urban and rural general practice. There are excellent road and rail links to Leeds and Manchester.
The Airedale Programme aims to offer as much variety as possible to its Specialist Training Registrars. In addition to the standard hospital posts, it offers Innovative posts in Community Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Community Medicine for the Elderly, Musculo–skeletal medicine, and Community Palliative Care. These posts are based in a practice and are part of the 18 months spent in General Practice. Some of the time in these posts is spent in hospital inpatient and outpatient training.

GP ST Administrator: Mrs Irene Wilson [email protected]
Telephone: 01535 294418 http://www.airedale-vts.org.uk

BRADFORD
Specialties available are: Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, GM/Oncology, Paediatrics, Med Elderly, ENT/Ophthalmology, A&E and Rheumatology/GM

In the Bradford Programme, GP Specialist Training Registrars will spend the practice based elements of their rotations in 2 contrasting practices, and will experience an excellent range of hospital posts.
Some rotations include 18 or 24 months in General Practice, with the opportunity to spend part of the working week in hospital specialties matched to the individual Specialist Training Registrar’s learning needs. In addition to our popular half-day release programme, we provide topic-based group tutorials and residential courses.
The Training Programme Directors and GP trainers in Bradford offer friendly personal support to all our trainees.

GP ST Administrator: Vicky Baxter [email protected]
Telephone: 01274 382694 www.bradfordvts.com

DEWSBURY, PONTEFRACT & WAKEFIELD
Specialties available are: Accident & Emergency, Acute Adult Medicine, ENT, General Medicine (Respiratory), General Medicine (MAU, Cardiology, Rheumatology and Dermatology), Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Oncology, Paediatrics and Rheumatology.

The Dewsbury, Pontefract and Wakefield (West Riding) General Practice Specialty Training Programme is close to Leeds with good road links due to the network of motorways running through our area. The West Riding General Practice Specialty Training Programme has hospital posts in all of the sites of the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust – Dewsbury, Wakefield and Pontefract, and Specialist Training GP Registrars posts in the surrounding areas. Dewsbury is the newer of the three hospitals and the most recent to join Pinderfields and Pontefract General Infirmary. Building work has started on a major redevelopment at both Pinderfields and Pontefract.
West Riding General Practice Specialty Training Programme aims to provide ‘excellence in General Practice training’ and hopes that doctors who train with them will develop patient centred consulting skills, learn evidence based general practice and become reflective practitioners to sustain their personal and professional development in the future.
All Specialist Training Registrars will spend six months in the second year either in a General Practice training post (specially for doctors who have not done any general practice in FY2) or a modular post (part time specialist training, based in general practice, for doctors who have already done some general practice in FY2). Such modular posts include Community Women’s Health, Palliative Care Medicine and Community Dermatology.

GP ST Administrator : Moira Fearnley [email protected]
Telephone: 01977 606361 www.westriding-gpec.net

LEEDS
Specialties available are: Accident & Emergency, Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Rheumatology. We also offer a small number of posts linked to palliative medicine, dermatology and ENT.

Leeds is a thriving, lively, cosmopolitan city, home to Harvey Nicks and Harry Ramsdens, with such diverse attractions as West Yorkshire Playhouse, waterfront cafes, wine bars, Victorian shopping arcades and a certain football team. Leeds is a city of varieties! Capital of the North, Leeds is also the hub of Yorkshire with excellent road and rail access. The Dales, the Peak District, historic York and Ripon are all within an hour’s drive and the beaches at Scarborough and Filey are not far away. Central London can be reached in less than 2 hours by train.
The Leeds General Practice Specialty Training Programme celebrates diversity of background and experience. It is interesting, fun and tailored to individual needs. It will equip Specialist Training Registrars not only with the skills they need now, but also the abilities to continue to develop personally and professionally throughout their career.
Most of our Registrars undertake innovative posts. These posts are based in a practice and are a part of the rotation spent in a General Practice setting. Some of the time in these posts is spent in hospital inpatient and outpatient training. Specialties in these posts range from Palliative Care to Dermatology.

GP ST Administrator : Nazia Ali [email protected]
Telephone: 0113 206 6225 http://www.leedsgpst.co.uk/

PENNINE
Specialties available are: Accident & Emergency, ENT, Geriatric Medicine, Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Palliative Care.

The Pennine (Calderdale / Huddersfield) General Practice Specialty Training Programme encompasses a wide variety of practices, many in small towns and villages offering GP placement in urban, semi-urban and rural settings. Training practices are situated in Hipperholme, Wyke, Brighouse, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Kirkburton, Marsden, Paddock, Ripponden & Sowerby Bridge. Despite its Victorian industrial heritage the area is one of outstanding natural beauty and is well known for its musical, cultural and sporting traditions. Furthermore, you have ready access to the cities of Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, Leeds and Manchester with all that these super cities have to offer.
Pennine GPST scheme has been delivering GP training for over 15 years. We have 45 Registrars in our scheme supported by over 20 Trainers, three Programme Directors and two administrators. We offer innovative 4 month hospital posts at Calderdale and Huddersfield Royal during ST1 and ST2 allowing you to experience a wide range of specialties. In addition, the GP posts in ST2 are flexible, in that you can be released on a part time basis to experience a variety of specialties e.g. hospice care, dermatology, Refugee medicine. The Specialist Training Registrars will spend a minimum of 16 months and a maximum of 20 months in a General Practice setting and the remaining time in hospital posts.
We have induction courses to help you ‘settle in’ and throughout your training we run a weekly Half Day Release education programme which involves small group work and larger are not covered by workplace based placement workshops exploring areas of the curriculum which. In addition to its educational aspect it offers an opportunity to meet your colleagues, ‘chew the fat’ and compare experiences.
Pennine’s enthusiastic trainers are committed to providing a welcoming and supportive environment for optimal learning and clinical experience and ensuring you have a great time. Your Out-of-hours experience is provided through Local Care Direct, the local out-of-hours provider.

GP ST Coordinator: Moira Coleman [email protected]
Telephone: 01422 224316 www.pennine-GP-training.co.uk

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