*Please note these rotations may be subject to change*
Posts marked ‘innovative’ (*) are unlikely to attract banding, however they are interesting posts with clinic work etc. included
ITP – Integrated training posts are rotations with a split working week with time spent in General Practice and a specialty. You will have a clinical supervisor in each of the two elements of the job. In an ITP, each working week will be made up of two days in General Practice, two days in the specialty and one day of educational activity. The working week will mirror that of General Practice with limits on the amount of antisocial work as per the 2016 trainee GP contract.
Community Post – Community-focused specialty post where the majority of the working week is spent working with outpatients (i.e. patients who attend from, and return to home) or in a community setting separate from an acute trust. The working week may include a proportion of on call work.
If you have any particular disability arrangements or reasonable adjustments which must be considered, please ensure this is discussed with the patch team(s) well in advance when browsing the available rotations. Please contact GPRecruitment.SW@hee.nhs.uk who will put you in contact with the relevant team to discuss your needs in relation to the rotations available in this recruitment round.
If you have any questions about the rotations please contact GPRecruitment.SW@hee.nhs.uk. Please do not contact the patch teams directly as they do not receive a final list of new starters until all rotations have been allocated which will be the end of April 2026.
During the general practice component of your training you will be working in the community. As well as seeing patients in the surgery you will also visit patients in their own homes, in community hospitals and in nursing homes. You are also likely to attend meetings and teaching sessions in places different from your own surgery. Similarly hospital rotations may involve work at different sites within the trust. It is essential that you are able to get to these places. If you do not have a driving licence, please ensure that you have appropriate alternative transport arrangements in place.
You will be expected to be able to attend emergencies and provide domiciliary care which may include out of hours visits if you are based in a GP training practice or in some secondary care posts at any time during your training programme. If you are not a car driver, you are expected to provide a car and driver at your own expense in order to meet this requirement. Relying on public transport, bicycles and taxis is not normally acceptable.
Please be reminded that when you submitted your application you agreed to the following –
I agree that I am able to provide emergency and domiciliary care at any time during my training programme. If, for any reason, my licence ceases to be valid or I no longer have access to a vehicle, I agree to provide a vehicle or vehicle and driver at my own expense so that I may continue to fulfill this requirement unless, if I am unable to drive for medical reasons, my employer is able to make other reasonable adjustments to the job or to this requirement.
GP Training in Plymouth
The structure of GP training in Plymouth includes 12mo hospital-based secondary care rotations in ST1, with your ST2 year being made up of a GP practice placement and another post. This may be secondary care, an Integrated Training Post (ITP) – GP and speciality combined, or community focused speciality post.
Your ST3 year will be spent wholly in a GP practice.
We are very lucky in Plymouth to be surrounded by beautiful coastline and moorland, but this means that our GP practices are spread over a wide distance ranging from the city centre to more rural areas such as East Cornwall, West Devon and the South Hams. We have a limited number of urban practices, so you will need be prepared to travel to practices outside of central Plymouth and be able to undertake home visits in those areas, which may not be accessible via public transport.
Other than for medical reasons, if you do not drive, you will be expected to provide a car and driver at your own expense as a condition of your training.
We are excited to be offering Health Equity Focussed Training (HEFT); these up to six innovative posts will provide GP Registrars (GPRs) with the opportunity to train with inspirational GPs serving our region’s most socioeconomically deprived communities across all three years of training. By undertaking one of these posts. you will gain the knowledge & skills to offer great primary care to struggling communities and vulnerable groups and develop your own areas of interest.
For more information, please see https://primarycare.peninsuladeanery.nhs.uk/about-us/recruitment20152016/health-equity-focussed-training/
To find out more about the Plymouth programme, please visit https://primarycare.peninsuladeanery.nhs.uk/about-us/vtschemes/plymouth-vts/
If you intend to apply for shortened GP training or think you may apply for Less than Full Time training, we suggest that you consider preferencing rotations made up of 6mo posts in ST1.
HEFT – Please be aware that this programme includes Health Equity Focussed Training (HEFT) rotations. For more information on HEFT please see here
Please note that should you apply for LTFT training your rotation may be subject to change.
| Plymouth (Peninsula) | Aug 2026 – Aug 2027 (ST1) | Aug 2027 – Aug 2028 (ST2) | Aug 2028 – Aug 2029 (ST3) |
| Rotation 1 – HEFT(based in Dewerstone PCN) | 6mo Community Healthcare of the Elderly6mo Psychiatry | 12mo PCN-based placement | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 2 | 4mo Obs & Gynae4mo Diabetes Medicine4mo Emergency Medicine | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 3 | 6mo Community Healthcare of the Elderly6mo Paediatrics | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 4 – HEFT (based in Pathfields PCN | 4mo Emergency Medicine4mo Psychiatry4mo Obs & Gynae | 12mo PCN-based placement | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 5 | 6mo Diabetes Medicine6mo Obs & Gynae | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 6 – HEFT (based in Waterside PCN) | 4mo Diabetes Medicine4mo Community Healthcare of the Elderly4mo Psychiatry | 6mo ITP6mo Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 7 | 6mo Obs & Gynae3mo AMU3mo Renal Medicine | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 8 | 4mo Paediatrics4mo Emergency Medicine4mo Cardiology | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 9 | 4mo Obs & Gynae4mo Paediatrics4mo Emergency Medicine | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 10 | 6mo Emergency Medicine6mo Paediatrics | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 11 | 6mo Healthcare of the Elderly6mo Paediatrics | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 12 | 4mo Community Healthcare of the Elderly4mo Otolaryngology4mo Paediatrics | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 13 | 6mo Respiratory Medicine6mo Emergency Medicine | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 14 – HEFT (based in Dewerstone PCN) | 6mo Psychiatry6mo Community Healthcare of the Elderly | 12mo PCN-based placement | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 15 | 4mo Paediatrics4mo Emergency Medicine4mo Community Healthcare of the Elderly | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 16 | 4mo Community Healthcare of the Elderly4mo Emergency Medicine4mo Obs & Gynae | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 17 | 6mo Paediatrics6mo Respiratory Medicine | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 18 | 6mo Emergency Medicine6mo Diabetes Medicine | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 19 | 4mo Otolaryngology4mo Community Healthcare of the Elderly4mo Emergency Medicine | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 20 – HEFT (based in Pathfields PCN) | 3mo AMU3mo Renal Medicine6mo Psychiatry | 12mo PCN-based placement | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 21 | 6mo Obs & Gynae3mo AMU3mo Renal Medicine | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 22 | 6mo Paediatrics3mo Renal Medicine3mo AMU | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 23 | 4mo Respiratory Medicine4mo Obs & Gynae4mo Community Healthcare of the Elderly | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 24 | 4mo Palliative Care4mo Obs & Gynae4mo Respiratory Medicine | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 25 | 4mo Emergency Medicine4mo Respiratory Medicine4mo Palliative Care | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 26 | 3mo Renal Medicine3mo AMU6mo Obs & Gynae | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 27 – HEFT (based in Waterside PCN) | 6mo Obs & Gynae6mo Healthcare of the Elderly | 6mo Pure GP6mo ITP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 28 | 4mo Cardiology4mo Palliative Care4mo Paediatrics | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 29 | 6mo Otolaryngology6mo Emergency Medicine | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 30 | 6mo Paediatrics6mo Acute Frailty | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 31 | 6mo Cardiology6mo Otolaryngology | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |
| Rotation 32 | 4mo Psychiatry4mo Cardiology4mo Otolaryngology | ITP & Pure GP | 12mo GP practice placement |