Northwest Deanery

This section provides information on all aspects of training within hospital medicine in Health Education England working across the North West. We are responsible for all activities linked with the postgraduate education and training of doctors in Hospital Medicine. We support the monitoring, planning and performance of education programmes.

You can find further information on recruitment on the specialty training website. In the event that HEE is classified as an Employment Agency for the purposes of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 ("the Act") and associated regulations, the following terms and conditions will apply to the provision of services by HEE in connection with the recruitment of junior doctors and dentists to training programmes. The services provided include a work-finding service for which the Act prohibits HEE from charging a fee.

Guidance documents, guidance flowcharts, and FS1 Application forms are available below. The application form has been updated to help streamline the overall process, authorisation requirements have changed, signatories are no longer required on the form from either the Educational Supervisor or Rota Co-Ordinator.

The Medical Training Initiative programme was organised and made operational a few years ago to enable International Medical and Dental graduates to gain experience and training in the NHS. They are allowed a maximum of two years stay in the UK before returning to their home country. These doctors and dentists will be placed in a post that would not affect the training opportunities of those trainees who are on an approved training programme in the specialty and the Trust.The post should provide the training that is relevant to the specific learning needs of the doctor/dentist and has approval of the College and specialty.

The School offices are based in Manchester and in Liverpool. We cover a total of 22 Specialty Training Programmes across the north west. With a total of around 900 GP trainers in over 750 training practices and over 1800 GP STs, we are one of the largest Schools in the UK. Health Education England working across the North West was the first in the UK to have a single lead employer for all its GP Specialty Trainees.