Letter regarding specialty training plans for 2009

Letter from Professor David Sowden to SHA Workforce Directors confirming plans to increase GP training places in 2009

 

Professor David Sowden, Senior Responsible Owner for MMC, this week wrote to SHAs to confirm the expansion in GP training places in 2009, and to ask SHAs to build this into local plans. The letter includes a list of key planning deadlines leading to the start of the 2009 specialty recruitment process on 5 January 2009, which includes:

Indicative numbers of posts from SHAs - 24 October 2008

Final numbers - 21 November 2008

MMC England Programme Board makes recommendations to Ministers - 17 December 2008

2009 posts agreed - 22 December 2008

Please click the link below for more information on this and some planning indications for other specialties.

 

Letter from Professor David Sowden