Becoming a GP trainer
If you are interested in becoming a GP trainer please contact Dr Heidi Penrose, the Mid-Wessex Associate Dean for GP. Please note that Dr Penrose works for Mid-Wessex GP Education on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Please contact the admin team in the first instance by emailing the Mid-Wessex patch office via: england.mwgpe.se@nhs.net
Approvals and re-approvals
Dr Heidi Penrose undertakes new GP trainer approvals and existing GP trainer re-approval visits for Mid-Wessex GP practices. New approvals are for two years, in the first instance, and re-approvals are for five years.
Dr Ellen Neale (Programme Director) undertakes approval and re-approval visits for F2 clinical supervisors.
Further details on GP trainer approval & re-approval process please see Wessex website
Non-urgent advice: For all queries relating to F2 clinical supervisor and GP trainer approval and re-approval visits, please contact:
Mid-Wessex patch office: england.mwgpe.se@nhs.net
GP Trainer Payments
Please note that from 2024, GP Trainer Grant payments are made monthly to practices. Since October 2024, Educational Supervisor (ES payments) and/or Continuing Professional Development (CPD payments) are made directly rather than having to invoice the patch office as in previous years. The patch office will confirm the amounts due to each practice to the Wessex business support team who will make the payments directly to the practice. This is the same method that practices use to receive trainer grant payments.
Educational Supervisor payments for the posts August 2025 – February 2026 will be made to the practices in October 2025.
CPD payments for GP Trainers eligible to receive funding will be made to the practices in November 2025.
Educational Supervisor payments for the posts February 2026 – August 2026 will be made to the practices in March 2026.
Practices eligible for Trainer Group Convenor Payments will be contacted by the Patch office annually for payments to be made by invoice.