South Thames Foundation School Prospectus Programmes Commencing August 2018 South Thames Foundation School Introduction 1 Welcome 1 What is a foundation school? 3 The UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO) 3 Structure of foundation training 4 Overview of STFS 5 Applying for foundation training 5 Allocation to programmes within STFS 5 Purpose of the Foundation Programme 7 The foundation programme aims to: 7 Outcomes of foundation training 7 Broadening the Foundation Programme (BTFP) 8 Community Placements 8 Dr Toolbox 8 Safe prescribing 9 Doctors with disabilities 9 Map showing location of trusts affiliated to STFS 11 List of trusts affiliated to STFS 12 Glossary of trust staff 13 Educational supervisor 13 Clinical supervisor 13 Medical education manager (MEM) 13 Curriculum 13 Reference guide 14 e-Portfolio 14 Foundation key documents 14 Information about your training 15 Employment information 15 Time limit on provisional registration 15 Deferring the start of foundation training 15 Extended induction 16 General practice (GP) location and travel allowances 16 Shadowing 16 Transfer of information 16 Travel and relocation expenses 16 Tasters 17 Purpose of SLEs 17 SLE methodology 17 Careers 17 Supervised learning events (SLEs) 17 Educational and development tools 18 Assessment 18 Assessment 19 Self-assessment 19 Feedback and debriefing 19 Annual review of competence progression (ARCP) 19 Prospectus commencing August 2018 www.stfs.org.uk London and South East PGMDE Support Portal lasepgmdesupport.hee.nhs.uk/support/home Special circumstances 19 Maidstone Hospital 67 Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury 69 Training support 20 Medway NHS Foundation Trust 71 Inter foundation school transfers (IFST) 20 Medway Maritime Hospital 71 Less than full time training (LTFT) 20 Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation TRust 73 F2 abroad 21 Royal Surrey County Hospital 73 Time out of foundation programme (TOFP) 21 St George’s University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust 76 Leaving the foundation programme early 21 St George’s Hospital 76 STFS website 22 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 78 Email 22 East Surrey Hospital, Redhill & Crawley Hospital 79 Revalidation 22 Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 80 Communications 22 St Richard’s Hospital 80 Foundation doctor representation 22 Worthing and Southlands Hospitals 83 Appendix A2: Mental Health Trusts Affiliated to STFS 86 Appendix A1: Acute Trusts Affiliated to STFS 23 Kent and Medway NHS Social Care and Partnership Trust (Known Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as KMPT) 87 24 Inpatient and Community sites 88 Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals 25 Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 89 Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust 27 Oxleas House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital 89 Royal Sussex County Hospital & Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath 27 Green Parks House, Princess Royal University Hospital 89 Croydon Health Services NHS Trust 29 Woodlands Unit, Queen Mary’s Hospital 89 Croydon University Hospital 29 South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 91 Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust 33 Maudsley 91 Darent Valley Hospital 33 Bethlem Royal 91 East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust 36 Lambeth 91 Kent & Canterbury Hospital 36 Ladywell Unit, Lewisham 91 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital 39 Croydon University Hospital 91 William Harvey Hospital 42 St.Thomas’ Hospital 91 Conquest Hospital & Eastbourne District General Hospital 45 South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust 94 Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 48 Hospital and Community sites across South West London St Helier Hospital & Epsom General Hospital 49 94 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust 51 Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 96 Frimley Park Hospital 51 Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 98 Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 53 Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals 53 Appendix B: STFS Team 100 King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 56 King’s College Hospital 56 Princess Royal University Hospital 59 Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 61 Kingston Hospital 61 Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust 63 University Hospital Lewisham 63 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich 65 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 67 South Thames Foundation School | Introduction INTRODUCTION Welcome The South Thames Foundation School is large, with over 1700 programmes in 18 NHS acute trusts and 6 mental health trusts. Our prospectus aims to provide all the relevant information about foundation training in STFS for those considering their options. We hope that you find it useful. Additional information is on our website: www.stfs.org.uk Professor Jan Welch Director Dr Mark Cottee Associate Director Dr Udesh Naidoo Associate Director 1 | www.stfs.org.uk South Thames Foundation School | Introduction 1 | www.stfs.org.uk South Thames Foundation School | Introduction What is a foundation The UK Foundation school? Programme Office Foundation training is a two year programme (UKFPO) acting as the bridge between undergraduate medical education and further training to The UK Foundation Programme Office provides become a general practitioner or specialist. a central information point for medical schools, Foundation schools oversee the training of the foundation schools, foundation doctors and the foundation doctors (FDs) in that school. faculty involved in foundation training. They bring together local medical schools, local The aim of the UKFPO is to develop and education and training boards (LETBs), trusts and promote innovative training methods, such as other organisations involved in training doctors. e-learning and the electronic portfolio, as well as to develop and administer the recruitment and programme allocation system throughout England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. 3 | www.stfs.org.uk South Thames Foundation School | Introduction STRUCTURE OF FOUNDATION TRAINING FTP = Foundation training DME = Director of Medical Education FTPD = Foundation Training Programme Director UKFPO Birmingham HEE local team Medical School Foundation School Director/Manager FTP in NHS Trust FTP in NHS Trust FTP in NHS Trust FTP in NHS Trust DME/FTPD Educational Supervisor Foundation Doctor Clinical supervisor Foundation Doctor Clinical supervisor Foundation Doctor Educational Supervisor Foundation Doctor Educational Supervisor Foundation Doctor 4 | www.stfs.org.uk South Thames Foundation School | Introduction OVERVIEW OF STFS The South Thames Foundation School (STFS) was established Applying for Allocation to in 2007. It is a collaboration between Health Education KSS foundation training programmes within and Health Education England The national eligibility criteria and person south London and Brighton and specification together with a detailed applicant STFS Sussex, GKT school of Medical guide are available to download from: Once applicants have been successfully Education, King’s College www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/ allocated to STFS, the next step is for them to London and St George’s home/how-to-apply be matched to a specific programme. University of London Medical schools See also Applying to STFS www.stfs.org.uk/applying-stfs Programme fair STFS invites medical students allocated to The school manages all F1 and F2 FDs STFS via the national recruitment process to in NHS trusts in the South London and attend a programme fair before they rank their KSS regions (about 1700) and is based preferences. Trusts from across the school in Stewart House, Russell Square, attend and each one has a stand to show what London, WC1B 5DN. their trust offers, and to answer queries. Professor Jan Welch is the Director of The national F1 allocation system informs the South Thames Foundation School applicants which foundation school they have and is based at the London Bridge been allocated to in early March, and the Office. Two Associate Directors, Dr programme fair for applicants entering STFS Udesh Naidoo and Dr Mark Cottee in August 2018 will be held on Friday 16 March provide local leadership. 2018 at Glaziers Hall. See www.stfs.org.uk/student/programme-fair See Appendix B for details of the for more details. STFS team. F1 Students told us that they value the large size of STFS, but disliked ranking 800 programmes as it is time-consuming and tedious. STFS therefore now uses a two stage programme allocation process in order to minimise the number of programmes needed to be ranked to about 160. Stage 1 Allocation into one of five programme groups – red (London Link 1), orange (Continuity [CT]), yellow (London Link 2), green (Coast and Country [CC]) and purple (London Link 3). Stage 2 Ranking of programmes within that group, followed by individual programme allocation. Programmes have been divided up into groups carefully, to try and make the groups as equivalent as possible. There is a geographical element to the groups, in that red is towards the west of the STFS area, yellow towards the centre and purple towards the east, but all the link groups comprised programmes containing a year in London. 5 | www.stfs.org.uk South Thames Foundation School | Introduction Group Name Group Description In line with national objectives, an increasing proportion of programmes include some Coast and Country Provides 2 years in trusts in Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Many programmes include a year at experience in / psychiatry and all programmes Brighton and Sussex University Hospital. now include a community placement. Continuity Contains programmes in which both years are Unfortunately, sometimes programmes spent at one site or trust, or in two different but have to be amended after the allocation geographically close Trusts in London, Kent, process, for example because of service Surrey and Sussex. reconfigurations. If this is the case, applicants will be notified as soon as London Link 1 All programmes include at least one year in possible. London, mainly towards the west of the STFS area. Local Swaps London Link 2 All programme includes at least one year in Some FDs ask to swap some or all of their F1 or London, mainly towards the centre of the STFS F2 programme with someone else in the same area. trust. Within STFS this may be arranged subject to certain criteria.