North Western Deanery - Committed to a Lifetime of Professional Development
The National Trainees’ Survey 2012: what do you think about your training?
The GMC/COPMeD annual trainees’ survey launches this month. As a trainee, this is your chance to have your say on the training you receive.
As a deanery, this is our chance to identify areas where training may be improved for the trainees of the future.
On behalf of your colleagues and patients, please make sure you complete your online submission by 15 June 2012. Go to www.gmc-uk.org/nts to find out more.
Our Vision
Everyone associated with health care in the North West:
- will strive for ever-increasing standards of patient centred care
- will be committed to a lifetime of professional development
- will be proud of the care they provide
- will support and challenge one another
The North Western Deanery is hosted by NHS North West and oversees postgraduate medical education and training with a responsibility for over 4,000 trainees.
We are proud of the training that is commissioned and provided for our trainers, educational supervisors and educational leaders and our achievement to meet the GMC standards for training.
We aspire to deliver the very best training and continuing professional development for doctors and dentists and ensure that they are ready to deliver the vision set out in ‘Healthier Horizons’ and ‘Liberating the NHS’.
Our priority is to ensure that our trainers and training programme directors and competent and confident in their role, providing high quality patient care and high quality practical experience for doctors and dentists in training, supporting and challenging young professionals.
We hope that everyone working in medicine and dentistry in the North West will maintain and develop these high standards through supporting each other and challenging unacceptable practice throughout their working lives.






