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Notice Board - January 2012

GP training could be extended in 2013

30 January 2012

GP training could be extended from three to four years as early as 2013 if new proposals are given the green light.

Plans have been drawn up by the Committee of General Practice Education Directors (COGPED) and the RCGP and now need the approval of the Department of Health, the Medical Programme Board, and the secretary of state for health. If they give the go-ahead, the changes could affect junior doctors who start their training in 2013.

Supporters of moves to extend training believe it will allow junior doctors more time to cover the established curriculum as well as developing skills in commissioning, leadership and clinical governance.

Chair of the BMA’s General Practice Committee Laurence Buckman expressed concerns of creating a “sub-GP grade”, saying: “We think this is bad for trainees, who will be given an extra year of ‘training’ where there’s no educational plan as to what is going to happen, and bad for trainers and practices, who will lose their trainer grant.”