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Gerada calls for GP training to be five years
Clare Gerada, former chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), has called for GP training to be extended to enable adaptation to ‘changing expectations’.
Speaking to Pulse, Gelada said that trainees need to be sufficiently prepared for the modern-day NHS, with a growing number of newly-qualified GPs already finding themselves going straight into unsupported locum roles and less likely to stay at one GP practice.
A further two year training could enhance their experience of clinical work, and provide a ‘mix of management, leadership and clinical experience’.
The RCGP, of whom Gelada remains a council member, maintain that ‘at least four years' training is going to be needed in future to prepare our trainees for the rigours and new challenges of general practice as it changes and evolves, and to work within new models of care’.
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