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In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Go on then - what is a career start, and how can I get one? > --- OffRoad 1.9n registered to Adrian Midgley > Career Start is a brand new, two year, salaried GP scheme in County Durham. There are 7 of us at present (6 wte) paid for by the Health Authority. We started in Sept and will be spending 12 months in an approved 'mentor' practice (8 sessions, share of on-call, half-day release). The plan for year two is to spend six months working in different practices and a six month 'elective'. The latter can be anything we can justify in a personal education plan,(Eg. Research for my paper 'Seasonal Affective Disorder - is a six month, salaried break in the Caribbean enough?') Mentor practices are paying 8k (ukp) to have us for the year, we get 35.5k plus pension and PGEA. We can leave at anytime and receive a 3.5k 'golden-hello' if we join a practice in the county. I'm told a number of established GPs were interested in the scheme, while they couldn't apply there has been a suggestion (half serious) of a 'Career Stop' scheme. The idea would be that burnt-out, disillusioned principles could become salaried as an alternative to early retirement, ie. tackle the recruitment crisis from both ends. -- Mike Prentice GP Career Start, Co Durham %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%