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SuppoRTT (Supported Return to Training)
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Info for Entrants to F2
This page contains important information about the options available in relation to your F2 year starting in August 2025. F2 Rotation Swaps if you wish to swap your allocated F2 rotation within the Severn Foundation School F2 Special Circumstances for those who may need to change F2 rotation due to special circumstances F2 Overseas if you are thinking about applying to complete F2 abroad Time Out of Programme if you are thinking about taking time out of Foundation Training between F1 and F2... Read more...
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F1 Placement Descriptions
Employer Information We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 850,000 in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond. Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas. We a... Read more...
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F2 Placement Descriptions
Employer Information We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 850,000 in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond. Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas. We a... Read more...
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Gloucestershire Hospitals
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Address Cheltenham General HospitalSandford RoadCheltenhamGloucestershireGL53 7AN Gloucestershire Royal HospitalGreat Western RoadGloucesterGloucestershireGL1 3NN Website http://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk Rotas/Pay All the F1/2 rotas in Gloucestershire are Working Time Directive compliant. Under the new 2016 junior doctors’ contract additional hours/enhanced pay night premium/weekend allowance will be paid dependent on rota pattern and confirmed in... Read more...
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F2 Special Circumstances
F2 Special Circumstances Severn Foundation School recognises that situations can change and offers an F2 Special Circumstances process for foundation doctors who meet the relevant criteria, which are similar to the UKFP Pre-Allocation criteria for F1s. This process is open to existing F1s whose situation has changed since their original FP application and to F1s originally allocated via special circumstances whose F2 rotation may not be suitable. Before completing your application, please famili... Read more...
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F2 Overseas
F2 Overseas Severn Foundation School offers its existing F1s the opportunity to apply to complete F2 in another country. Depending on the number of applicants, approval of F2 abroad may be limited. If an application for F2 Overseas is approved, but subsequently falls through, please note we cannot guarantee a foundation doctor's original F2 rotation, as this may have been allocated to another foundation doctor through the F2 Swaps process. However, within reason we will endeavour to place you in... Read more...
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Time Out of Foundation Programme
Time Out of Programme (OOP) Policy There are a number of circumstances when a Foundation doctor may seek to spend some time out of the training programme to which they have been appointed. All such requests need to be agreed by the Foundation School in advance so Foundation doctors are advised to discuss their proposals as early as possible. Occasions where OOP is granted to Foundation doctors are likely to be exceptional given the length and nature of their training. The duration of time out of... Read more...
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Psychiatry Taster Days
Foundation doctors have a number of days available to take as taster days in medical fields of interest for further training. These may be of particular use if it is not possible to do a post in this specialty as part of foundation training or if the placement would occur after the application process. If you are a foundation doctor interested in applying for psychiatry, we would like to encourage you to spend 1-2 days as taster days. This would involve following a junior psychiatrist and their... Read more...
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North Bristol
North Bristol NHS Trust Address Southmead HospitalWestbury on TrymBristolBS10 5NB Website www.nbt.nhs.uk The Trust and Hospital(s) North Bristol opened its brand new Brunel building in 2014 to combine services from the old Frenchay and Southmead hospitals. It continues to provide general and specialist services to approximately 350,000 patients a year from our local population and across the south west. We are the Regional Major Trauma Centre and vascular services centre and take referrals from... Read more...
