Liverpool and Birkenhead are two great locations at the heart of the North West of England separated by the River Mersey: Birkenhead being situated on the Wirral peninsula, easily accessible to Liverpool either just a short ferry ride away or by the road tunnel.
Strategically located, the Liverpool area has outstanding road and rail connections, as well as operating a busy sea terminal from the city centre waterfront and the John Lennon International Airport which is around 10 miles from the city centre. The motorway links in and out of Liverpool and Birkenhead also serve as the perfect launch pad for excursions into nearby North Wales and the stunning Lake District. London is little more than two hours away by train.
Tracks
Currently, GP training comprises of 18 months in primary care and 18 months in hospital posts.
Where possible we like you to experience a 6 month GP post early in your training. This is to help you focus on what you would wish to get out of your hospital attachments.
Allocating Tracks
Allocating Tracks
When you have been successful in your application to come to the Liverpool & Birkenhead Scheme you will be contacted by Dr Tobias Keyser, the Training Programme Director for that area. He will ask you to name your ideal 4 hospital posts to enhance your GP training. You may consider your previous experience when describing this - more weight would be attached to post-foundation experience.
Dr Keyser will then try as much as possible, with the hospital posts available to him, to match your request. If there are not enough posts available in a particular speciality then priority will be given to the person with the higher recruitment score. We do our best when matching preferences.
You may be eligible for accreditation of transferable competencies. To qualify, you must be transferring into general practice from one of the RCGP Approved Speciality Training Programmes
If you intend to apply for less than full time training, you would need to apply formally using the HENW website.
Innovative Training posts
Innovative Training posts
Hospital Posts
Hospital Posts
Royal Liverpool University Hospital
http://www.rlbuht.nhs.uk
0151 706 2000The Trust is one of the largest and busiest in the North of England with an annual budget of over £400 million, with 5,600 directly contracted staff and over 650 staff in the hosted services or contracted services, such as catering. They provide general hospital services and emergency care to the local community, including a full range of medical, surgical, diagnostic, rehabilitation and therapy services. These include several nationally and internationally recognised services such as ophthalmology, hepatobiliary, surgery, gastroenterology and pathology.
The Royal Liverpool Hospital is a major teaching and research hospital, working alongside the University of Liverpool, John Moores University and Liverpool School of Tropical medicine for allied health professionals, dentists, nurses and doctors. There are three hospitals in total for the Royal Liverpool, based on two different sites:
The Royal Liverpool University Hospital (over 710 beds)
Broadgreen Hospital (around 70 beds)
- Liverpool University Dental Hospital (shares a site with RLUH, planned emergency dental care)
Aintree Hospital
http://www.aintreehospital.nhs.uk/
0151 525 5980Aintree is a teaching hospital of the University of Liverpool and a tertiary centre providing specialist services to around 1.5m residents in Merseyside, Cheshire, South Lancashire, North Wales and the Isle of Man. Tertiary services include Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, Maxillofacial and Liver Surgery, all of which have world-class reputations.
In October 2015, the Trust Board agreed to a merger between the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust. This hospital is the headquarters of UNISON Sefton Health Branch. In 2012, the trust established an Electronic Health record system which enabled it to dispense with paper records which had previously occupied 10 miles of shelving!
In December 2013 the trust was named by Dr Foster Intelligence as having higher than expected mortality indicator scores for the period April 2012 to March 2013 in their hospital guide 2013. The Report also indicated that the hospital HSMR mortality indicator was better than expected.
Also, in the 2013 National Apprenticeship Awards, the hospital was named “Large Employer of the Year” out of a list of 100 nominations.
Liverpool Women’s Hospital
http://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/
0151 708 9988Liverpool Women’s Hospital maternity team cares for women and their babies from conception to birth, supported by a neonatal team who provide round-the-clock care for premature and new born babies needing specialist care. The hospital’s renowned fertility team helps families to improve their chances of conceiving babies and in gynaecology takes care of women with the many varied conditions associated with the female reproductive system. The hospital is also a highly regarded centre for gynaecology oncology and the genetics team supports families both with the diagnosis and counselling of genetic conditions.
In 1995, The Percy Thomas Partnership designed a new build for the hospital, merging the Liverpool Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit and the Liverpool Women’s Hospital into their current premises in Crown Street.
In 2014, it was announced that the Liverpool Women’s Hospital would start doing private work, including breast augmentation, chemical peels, tummy tucks, liposuction, Botox and nose reshaping.
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
http://www.alderhey.nhs.uk
0151 228 4811Alder Hey is a national children’s hospital and one of the largest of its kind in the UK and Europe. Founded during the First World War in 1914, Alder Hey became an NHS hospital trust in 1991 and currently employs about 2,400 staff, whilst treating over 270,000 children from across the UK each year. Between 2010 and 2014, the number of doctors rose from 269 to 344, whilst the number of managers increased from 70 to 86 during the same period.
The hospital is known as a Centre of Excellence for Oncology and Muscular Dystrophy as well as spinal, heart and brain conditions.
Walton Centre
https://www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk
0151 525 3611This hospital was formerly known as the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Walton is the only specialist neurosciences NHS trust within the country, being fully dedicated to providing comprehensive neurological, neurosurgical and pain management services. The hospital does not have an accident and emergency department but it acts as a designated major trauma centre, due to the fact that it still receives emergency transfers for those within the region who have sustained neurological trauma.
The Walton Centre was originally based at the Rice Lane site but, due to popular demand, they expanded to Fazakerley, two miles further north. The Centre finally achieved NHS Trust status in 2009. Their services continue to increase.
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
http://www.lhch.nhs.uk
0151 600 1616Sometimes referred to as Broadgreen due to its location, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital serves a catchment area of 2.8 million people, spanning Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and the Isle of Man, but increasingly receives referrals from outside these areas for highly specialised services, such as aortics. It performs up to 12,000 procedures a year.
As part of the hospital’s long term plan, the aim is to form strong clinical and organisational relationships wherever possible. There is clear evidence that partnerships improve patient care and enhance quality and the objective is to collaborate with a range of other providers and professionals with a view to extending access and to improve quality.
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital became the first specialist hospital within the UK to be awarded an ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission. In addition, it was also named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. This was in recognition of the fact that at the time the hospital had 135 full-time staff and a sickness absence rate of just 4.13%. Furthermore, 92% of its staff also recommended it as a place for treatment, whilst 62% of its staff recommended it as a good place to work.
Isle of Man
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Training Practices
Liverpool Training Practices
Albion Surgery
- Address
- Albion Surgery, 45 Everton Road, Everton, L6 2EH
- Telephone
- 0151 300 8300
- Website
- albionSurgeryeverton.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Dr Tobias Keyser
Abercromby Family Practice
- Address
- Abercromby Family Practice, Grove Street, Edge Hill, L7 7HG
- Telephone
- 0151 295 3888
- Website
- abercrombyfp.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Kishor Vithlani
Jorge Laya-Gomez
Aintree Park Group Practice
- Address
- Aintree Park Group Practice, 46 Moss Lane, Orrell Park, L9 8AL
- Telephone
- 0151 295 8350
- Website
- http://www.aintreeparkgroupPractice.nhs.uk/
- GP Trainers
- Anil Bose
Anfield Group Practice
- Address
- Anfield Group Practice Townsend, Lane House Centre , 98 Townsend Lane, Liverpool L6 0BB
- Telephone
- 0151 295 9520
- Website
- http://www.anfieldgroupPractice.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Nida Abdi
Rosie Kaur
Brownlow Group Practice
- Address
- Brownlow Group Practice, 70 Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L69 3GF
- Telephone
- 0151 794 8088
- Website
- http://www.BrownlowHouse.co.uk
- GP Trainers
- Debbie Noland
Ed Gaynor
Paula Halliday
Debbie Faint
Dovecot Health Centre
- Address
- Dovecot Health Centre, Longreach Road, Liverpool, L14 0LN
- Telephone
- 0151 295 9440
- Website
- http://www.dovecotHouseCentre.nhs.uk/
- GP Trainers
- Joerg Beyer
Mohammad Alam
West Derby Medical Centre
- Address
- West Derby Medical Centre, 3 Winterburn Crescent, Liverpool, L12 8TQ
- Telephone
- 0151 228 3768
- Website
- http://www.westderbymc.nhs.uk/
- GP Trainers
- Colin Welsh
Margaret Edwards
Alan Dodderidge
Edge Hill Centre
- Address
- Edge Hill Centre, 157 Edge Lane, Liverpool, L7 2AB
- Telephone
- 0151 295 3600
- Website
- http://www.edgehillhc.nhs.uk/
- GP Trainers
- Nadim Fazlani
Meena Cooper
Fulwood Green Medical Centre
- Address
- Fulwood Green Medical Centre, 2A Jericho Lane, Liverpool, L17 5AR
- Telephone
- 0151 727 2440
- Website
- www.fulwoodgreen.co.uk
- GP Trainers
- Jamie Hampson
Annie Farrell
Great Homer Street Medical Centre
- Address
- Great Homer Street Medical Centre, Liverpool, L5 0QW
- Telephone
- 0151 295 9393
- Website
- www.greathomerstreet.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Simon Abrams
Green Lane Medical Centre
- Address
- Green Lane Medical Centre, 15 Green Lane Stoneycroft, Tuebrook , L13 7DY
- Telephone
- 0151 228 9101
- Website
- http://www.greenlanemc.nhs.uk/
- GP Trainers
- James Graham
John Howard Davies
Greenbank Drive Surgery
- Address
- Greenbank Drive Surgery, 8 Greenbank Drive, Sefton Park, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 1AW
- Telephone
- 0151 735 5703
- Website
- http://www.greenbankdriveSurgery.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Jennifer Topping
Hunts Cross Health Centre
- Address
- Hunts Cross Health Centre, 70 Hillfoot Road, Liverpool, L20 0ND
- Telephone
- 0151 486 1428
- Website
- http://www.huntscrosshc.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Bashar Baghdadi
Deepak Gupta
Lance Lane Medical Centre
- Address
- Lance Lane Medical Centre, 19 Lance Lane, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 6TS
- Telephone
- 0151 737 2882
- Website
- N/A
- GP Trainers
- Alastair Fiske
Trisha Jain
Long Lane Medical Centre
- Address
- Long Lane Medical Centre, Long Lane, Walton, Liverpool, L9 6DQ
- Telephone
- 0151 530 1009
- Website
- http://www.longlaneMedical.com/
- GP Trainers
- John Bentley
Judith Callaghan
Mather Avenue Surgery
- Address
- Mather Avenue Surgery, 584 Mather Avenue, Liverpool, L19 4UG
- Telephone
- 0151 427 6239
- Website
- http://www.matheravenueSurgery.nhs.uk/
- GP Trainers
- Frank Hargreaves
Everton Road Health Centre
- Address
- Everton Road Health Centre, 45 Everton Road , L6 2EH
- Telephone
- 0151 300 8232
- Website
- NA
- GP Trainers
- Olukayode Adeeko
Oak Vale Medical Centre
- Address
- Oak Vale Medical Centre , 158-160 Edge Lane Drive , Liverpool, L13 4AQ
- Telephone
- 0151 259 1551
- Website
- http://www.oakvaleMedicalCentre.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Mike Cranney
Louise Parker
Monica Khuraijam
Alan Brennan
Old Swan Health Centre
- Address
- Old Swan Health Centre, Crystal Close Old Swan ,Liverpool, L13 2GA
- Telephone
- 0151 285 3737
- Website
- http://oldswanhcgp.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Ambrose Okoli
Rajan Karthikeyan
Smithdown Place Surgery
- Address
- Smithdown Place Surgery, 7 Smithdown Place , Liverpool L15 9EH
- Telephone
- 0151 733 2800
- Website
- http://www.pennylaneSurgery.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Lynn Hamlett
Dingle Park Practice
- Address
- Dingle Park Practice, Park Street, Liverpool, L8 6QP
- Telephone
- 0151 295 9227
- Website
- http://www.dingledocs.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Mike Green
Victoria Lamb
Rock Court Surgery
- Address
- Rock Court Surgery, 4 Crystal Close, Old Swan, Liverpool, L13 2GA
- Telephone
- 0151 228 0672
- Website
- http://www.rockcourtSurgery.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Paul Sherwood
Rutherford Medical Centre
- Address
- Rutherford Medical Centre, 1 Rutherford Road, Liverpool, L18 0HJ
- Telephone
- 0151 722 1803
- Website
- http://rutherfordMedicalCentre.co.uk/
- GP Trainers
- James Cuthbert
Sandringham Medical Centre
- Address
- Sandringham Medical Centre, 1A Aigburth Road, Liverpool, L17 4JP
- Telephone
- 0151 727 1382
- Website
- http://www.sandringhammc.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Rajesh Varma
Farah Burki
Owain Roberts
The Elms Medical Centre
- Address
- The Elms Medical Centre 3 The Elms Liverpool L8 3SS
- Telephone
- 0151 727 5555
- Website
- http://www.elmsMedicalCentre.co.uk
- GP Trainers
- Denis O'Brien
Chris Peterson
Gateacre Brow Surgery
- Address
- Gateacre Brow Surgery, 1 Gateacre Brow, Liverpool, L25 3PA
- Telephone
- 0151 295 9595
- Website
- http://www.gateacreBrowPractice.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Craig Mason
Margaret Thompson Medical Centre
- Address
- Margaret Thompson Medical Centre, 105 East Millwood Road, Liverpool, L24 6TH
- Telephone
- 0151 425 2889
- Website
- http://www.mtmc.r-a-w.org
- GP Trainers
- Victor Ebenuwa
Valley Medical Centre
- Address
- Valley Medical Centre, 75 Hartsbourne avenue, Childwall, Liverpool, L25 1RY
- Telephone
- 0151 722 2744
- Website
- http://www.valleyMedicalCentre.co.uk
- GP Trainers
- Aimee Wallace
Ayokunle Adebanjo
Vauxhall House Centre
- Address
- Vauxhall House Centre, 111 – 117 limekiln lane, Liverpool, L5 8XR
- Telephone
- 0151 295 3737
- Website
- http://www.vphc.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Helen McKendrick
David Lewis
Kit-Oi Chunbrg
Westminister Medical Centre
- Address
- Westminister Medical Centre, Aldams grove, Liverpool, L4 3TT
- Telephone
- 0151 922 3510
- Website
- http://westminsterMedicalCentre.co.uk
- GP Trainers
- Shelley Aggarwal
A Kalyan
Woolton House Medical Centre
- Address
- Woolton house Medical Centre, 4 Woolton street, Woolton, Liverpool, L25 5JA
- Telephone
- 0151 922 3510
- Website
- http://www.wooltonhousemc.nhs.uk/
- GP Trainers
- George Kuruvilla
David Webster
Sarah Morton
Orrell Park Medical Centre
- Address
- Orrell Park Medical Centre, 109 Orrell park, Bootle, L9 8BU
- Telephone
- 0151 525 3051
- Website
- NA
- GP Trainers
- Ramon Ogunlana
Jubilee Medical Centre
- Address
- Jubilee Medical Centre, 52 Croxteth Hall Lane, Liverpool, L11 4UG
- Telephone
- 0151 546 3956
- Website
- http://www.jubileeMedicalCentre.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Daniel Morris
Birkenhead Training Practices
Cavendish Medical Centre
- Address
- Cavendish Medical Centre 31 Laird St Birkenhead CH418DB
- Telephone
- 0151 652 1955
- Website
- https://cavendishmedicalcentre.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Catherine Cheetham
St Catherines Surgery
- Address
- St Catherines Surgery Derby Rd Birkenhead CH420LQ
- Telephone
- 0151 643 6700
- Website
- www.stcatherinessurgery-wirral.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Sally Dow
- Jody Brown
Claughton Medical Centre
- Address
- Claughton Medical Centre 161 Park Rd North Birkenhead
- Telephone
- 0151 652 1688
- Website
- http://paxtonmedicalgroup.co.uk/
- GP Trainers
- Hannah Williams
- Lax Ariaraj
Sunlight Medical Centre
- Address
- Sunlight Medical Centre Sefton Rd New Ferry Wirral CH62 5HS
- Telephone
- 0151 644 0055
- Website
- http://www.parkfieldmedicalcentrewirral.nhs.uk
- GP Trainers
- Simon Delaney
- Jane Booth
- Siobhan Harty
Isle of Man Training Practices
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