New Starter Information.
Welcome to specialty training in the West Midlands.
Your welcome letter will contain important information on what you needed to do next in order to complete the recruitment process to your post within the West Midlands.
Please see below for our main contact details for each team (When emailing, please always include your name, programme and GMC/GDC Number):
Requesting a Deferral of Start Date The Gold Guide states that: "...The start of training for foundation, core and specialty training may normally only be deferred on statutory grounds (e.g. maternity/paternity/adoption leave, ill health). For the Defence Medical Academy only, training may also be deferred to meet Defence Medical Services operational requirements.” To request a deferral form, you must contact your programmes team.
Less than full-time training If you wish to apply for less than full-time training (LTFT) please visit our dedicated page for our full policy details and application form: https://www.westmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/support/trainees/less-than-full-time-training
Relocation and Excess Travel Our policy on relocation and excess travel expenses can be found here: https://www.westmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/support/trainees/removal-and-expenses-guidance Any enquiry should be directed to your Medical Workforce team at the employing trust.
Indemnity Insurance NHS England - Midlands has procured a block indemnity contract for the programmes listed below with Medical Protection Society, https://www.medicalprotection.org/uk. This block cover is different to personal cover – you are advised to check that you have personal cover for yourself. We hope you will take up this opportunity; however, if you DO NOT wish to take up the offer of being a part of the block indemnity cover, please inform us by emailing https://nhs-help.freshdesk.com/support/home by Friday 2nd June. You would then need to make sure you have your own cover in place. Please note that if you have what is called ‘Affiliate Membership’ with another provider, we would like to advise you that this is not full membership, and you would need to consider taking out full membership with that provider or join NHS England’s block cover through MPS. If we do not hear from you by Friday 2nd June, we will assume you do wish to be a part of the block indemnity opportunity. We will then send your details to MPS so that they can contact you about registration. The protection of your personal details is extremely important to us, so we only transfer the relevant information to them. Once MPS have received the information from us, they will begin their process which will include contacting you by email and by post. Please look out for correspondence from them, you should regularly check your junk folder, so you don’t miss their email. You will not be registered automatically, so please do read their information carefully as there will be action needed before the indemnity is in place.
Programmes applicable for block indemnity: Aviation and Space Medicine Community Sexual and Reproductive Health; General Practice; Genito-Urinary Medicine; Occupational Medicine; Palliative Medicine; Public Health Medicine; Sport and Exercise Medicine
Resources for International Medical Graduates (IMGs)
If you are an IMG doctor in training you may find the below resources helpful to support you before you arrive in the UK, during your induction period and throughout your training.
https://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/trainee/resources-imgs-landing-page