General Practice Education in the North West

Welcome to the School of General Practice

We are responsible for:

• delivering high-quality training for general practice
• supporting education and continuous professional development of established GPs
• supporting our GP educators

The School offices are based in Manchester and Liverpool. We cover a total of 22 Specialty Training (ST) Programmes across the north west. With around 900 GP educators across over 750 training practices and over 2,000 GP STs, we are one of the largest Schools in the UK.

Key webpages

• Information for prospective applicants
• North West GP Specialty School
• Doctors in training FAQs
• Become a GP educator
• Approved learning environments
• Post CCT information
• Practice manager information
• Health Equity Focussed Training (HEFT) information
• Lead employer for GP specialty training website

North West GP School Contacts

Contact details for the School are:

Manchester

GP Specialty School
NHS England – North West
3 Piccadilly Place
Manchester
M1 3BN

Email: england.gptraining.nw@nhs.net (same email for both offices)

Liverpool

GP Specialty School
NHS England – North West
Regatta Place
Brunswick Business Park
Summers Road
Liverpool
L3 4BL

Email: england.gptraining.nw@nhs.net (same email for both offices)

Lead Employer Team for GP Specialty Training

NHS England working across the North West was the first in the UK to have a single lead employer for all its GP Specialty Resident Doctors (RDs). The organisation providing this service is St Helens & Knowsley Trust. They have a dedicated HR team that deals with all aspects of employment for GP Specialty RDs.

Their responsibilities include completing all pre-employment checks, such as checking your right to work, completing a CRB disclosure and Occupational Health checks, amongst others. They are always on hand for advice on contractual matters such as pay, all types of leave such as annual, bank holiday, special, maternity and paternity leave, as well as dealing with disciplinary and grievances to name just a few. Should you ever require Occupational Health support, the relevant lead employer can arrange this for you too.

Lead Employer contact details:

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: https://leademployer.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/