New to Practice Fellowships – GP

Overview

Introduction for prospective scheme participants

All General Practitioners (GPs) and nurses who qualified within the last 12 months and hold – or are about to hold – a substantive salaried or partnership role are entitled to a place on the national General Practice Fellowship programme developed by NHS England and NHS Improvement.

This note outlines key highlights of the scheme, and shares detail on how you can access it. This guidance is for integrated care boards, primary care networks, training hubs and other local partners to understand and continue delivery of the General Practice Fellowship Programme. Click here for more information.

About the General Practice Fellowship Programme

You might have heard of this scheme already as it is a national commitment announced in the NHS Long Term Plan, and restated in the February 2020 Update to the GP Contract.  

The programme is a two-year scheme designed to support you in your early career as you become an embedded part of the primary care team in the Primary Care Network (PCN). Through the scheme, your employer receives payment equivalent to one session per week (pro-rata) to support your release to participate in scheme activities. These activities are listed against three themes:

• Support and Networking
• Learning and Development
• PCN Rotational Working

Enrolment

What To Expect

The main components of the fellowship programme will include the below activities;

1. Healthcare Management – covering a variety of topics including leadership, team management etc. and is taught using a blend of face to face, online learning and self directed enquiry. Topic areas and Subunits are detailed below. Action learning sets
2. Coaching – you are entitled to have regular personal coaching through GP-S
3. Core teaching session – topics are selected that cover areas of medicine that are challenging 
4. Personal mentoring/support

Healthcare Management – example;

Topic Area	Subunits
Healthcare Structure and Finance	Principles of NHS healthcare  NHS structure and Finance  Primary care structure
Population Health	Introduction – uses and abuses.  Assessment of need Local health needs   Impact on commissioning
Leadership	Personal awareness  Leadership and team dynamics  Effective committee meetings   Change management.  Conflict resolution  Collaborative decision making
Quality Improvement	Theory of Quality Improvement.  Developing Improvement Aims and PDSA cycles.  Evaluation Techniques.  Implementation of Quality Improvement
Team working	Evidence of team effectiveness  Team communication  Management and motivation  Coaching, mentoring, supervision and support

Core Teaching

This example below lays out the core teaching sessions throughout the two year programme. The sessions run on a monthly basis and it is expected over the two years you will cover all topics.

Topic area (subject to avaliblity and could change)

Introduction to Fellowship Components

The Law and Evidence

Signing for Health

Compassionate teams and end of life care.

Eating disorders – ARFID; obesity; anorexia etc.

Sexual Health – STIs; contraception; sexual assault

Addictions – health promotion

Clinical supervision – getting the best out of colleagues.

Co-morbidity and Multimorbidity – complex care; frailty; falls

Neurodiversity – ADHD/Autism

Gender and Identity

Testimonies

For further information please see the NHS England National Guidance

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