Wakefield General Practice Workforce Development Academy

The results of the GMC National Training Survey has been published this week. To read the summary report click here. The report is following the annual questionnaire to 100,000 trainee doctors and their trainers in the UK. The complete data base is searchable and in the public domain, click here for the full data base. I have looked for any specific observations relevant to general practice. In the survey there were questions about workload intensity. Below is a graph of how trainers viewed the intensity of their work: And below is a similar chart of how trainee viewed the intensity of their work" There is a large difference between how trainees and trainers view the intensity of their work - 84.5% of GP trainers view their workload as heavy or very heavy compared to 36.6% of GP trainees. This is worthy of further exploration but might just be an indicator of why morale is low in general practice and why resilience is weak. It was also reflected in another gra...

The Open University has just announced the development of Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeships. These apprenticeships will enable healthcare support workers (HCSWs) to train for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, as either adult or mental health nurses. Click here for more details from the Open University Who is it for? The programme is suitable for the development of  existing HCSWs  who have demonstrated the capabilities and commitment to develop towards registered nurse status. It offers an excellent progression route from relevant Level 3 apprenticeships and can also be used to support recruitment of new apprentices. The Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship also provides a suitable progression route for those wishing  to progress from Assistant Practitioner roles , as there are well developed credit transfer systems for assessing credit achieved by people who have undertaken the relevant foundation degrees or QCF / RQF qualificatio...

Wakefield General Practice Workforce Development Academy is the driving force in Wakefield behind workforce education/training and workforce transformation. We have been successful in obtaining funding for a Leadership Fellow. The funding has come as part of Health Educations Yorkshire and Humber ‘Future Leaders Programme’. It offers opportunities for staff to do a one year Leadership Fellowship to help grow and develop their personal leadership skills. Leadership Fellows meet regularly and also organise their own annual Future Leaders Conference. Fellows also have access to a variety of development opportunities e.g. Myers Briggs Type Indicator feedback, 360 appraisal, coaching, participation in an Action Learning Set, project planning teaching, presentation skills workshops. This is the third fellow we have had and we are skilled at providing support and supervision for Leadership Fellows. The leadership fellow will be employed by the Wakefield General Practice Workf...

Not sure if you have seen this but below is a list of forthcoming training and education events the Academy is hosting: Motivational Interviewing (1 day course) 13 December, 2017 20 Places, at Kings Medical Practice, Normanton For all healthcare professionals, please register by 24 th November Facilitating difficult conversations in Primary Care (1/2 day course pm)   14 December, 2017 20 Places, at Kings Medical Practice, Normanton For Care Navigators, Reception Staff, HCAs. Register by 24 th November ILM5
(5 days of workshops, 2 assignments) 24 - 26 Jan and 15 - 16 March 2018  16 places at WDH Castleford  For Practice Managers. Register by 30 th November We have the following courses in development and will start to host them from December, 2017 Professional Practice and Development 1/2 day taught session including mentor/buddy network For all new Junior registered practitioners /nursing staff to Primary care   Self-care...