UPDATE JANUARY 2024- NHSE has recently announced that the NHSE GP Fellowship scheme will close to new applicants at the end of this financial year (23/24). Any eligible GP signed up before the end of March 2024 will receive the full 2-year program, so please ensure you are on board before this time. We are awaiting further details for 24/25 and beyond.
UPDATE JUNE 2024– we were pleased to announce our new Spark program for 24/25 below and are pleased to confirm we are able to continue our new program for 25/26.
Dear soon-to-be-qualified GPs,
We would like to introduce you to the Gloucestershire Primary Care Training Hub, and what we can do for you when you qualify, as well as set out the GP fellowship program available to newly qualified GPs, such as yourselves!
What is a training hub?
Primary care training hubs (PCTHs) cover England, usually aligned to the ICS (Integrated Care System) in that area. As the name suggests the Gloucestershire PCTH covers the Gloucestershire ICS. Our aim is to bring together education and training resources, help signpost, support workforce priorities and help tackle health inequalities. We support all staff in primary care, clinical and non-clinical. We appreciate leaving the relative security of the VTS can seem scary, but please do know that the training hub is here for you should you need help. Even if we can’t directly help you we can usually find someone who can, through our links across the system. If you are not staying in Gloucestershire please do make contact with the local training hub in the area you are moving to.
What is the GP Fellowship scheme?
The GP Fellowship scheme was a nationally funded program for newly qualified GPs. This NHSE scheme has now ended. However, The Gloucestershire Primary Care Training Hub are pleased to still provide a scheme for 25/26.
Please find full details of the scheme below for our March 2025 cohort.
To apply for Spark please visit: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Sparkapplication/
To contact the Spark team please email: glicb.sparkgp@nhs.net