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GP training

  • Last modified date:
    11 July 2008

Overview of the GP registrar scheme, and Directions as to rates of pay, allowances and complaints procedures.

Doctors in training - including GP registrars

New moves in flexible medical training

A new approach to flexible medical training, to be introduced in June 2005, recognises the need to integrate this increasingly important mode of training into mainstream medicine. It combines better support for flexible trainees with a new, equitable pay structure that will make employing these doctors more attractive to employers, and ultimately improve access to flexible training.

The GP Registrar Scheme: Vocational Training for General Medical Practice

The arrangements for GP training in the UK are explained in The GP Registrar Scheme: Vocational Training for General Medical Practice: the UK Guide.

Copies are also available in the postgraduate Deaneries. This will answer many of the basic questions about the training requirements for working as a GP in the UK

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