Become an approved learning environment in Yorkshire and Humber
As a learning environment, you have the opportunity to guide and shape our future primary care workforce.
Becoming an approved learning environment allows you to attract and retain high-quality staff. Integrating training can drive excellence across your multidisciplinary teams so they are equipped to meet the evolving needs of your community.
As a learning environment, you have the opportunity to lead the way in primary care training. Increasing your training capacity allows you to strengthen your legacy, continuously enhance patient care and foster a culture of continuous learning so your multidisciplinary teams are equipped to meet the evolving needs of your community.
You are needed now more than ever to shape the future of primary care.
"Having lots of keen, early career doctors rotating through our practice helps keep us on our toes and offers ‘fresh pairs of eyes’ on how we operate. It helps keep us as questioning, learning organisation and patients like having the extra time with our colleagues."
Dr Bruno Rushforth, a GP educator and partner at Foundry Lane Surgery in Leeds
The benefits for your practice
By expanding training capacity, you're not only supporting learners but actively participating in the transformation that will improve patient care and deliver that care closer to where people live.
Becoming an approved learning environment brings tangible benefits to your practice, including:
- contacts and networking with other doctors and practices training
- helping to further develop a learning environment at the practice
- increasing diversity of activity in the practice including educational and quality improvement activities
- increasing in the number of appointments available for patients
- strengthening the care you provide to your local community
- creating opportunities for recruitment of former GP registrars
Your commitment to training leaves a legacy, with improved patient care, increased capacity to meet community needs, and a culture of continuous learning that benefits both your current team and future generations of primary care professionals.
Hear from primary care educators working in approved learning environments
Interested in becoming an approved learning environment but want to know more about how it works in practice? Read our case studies to discover the benefits for you, your service and patients.
Further information
Find out more about the requirements for becoming an approved learning environment, what the GP educator role involves, funding and support available for GP educators and the applications steps to become a GP educator in Yorkshire and Humber below:
- requirements for becoming an approved learning environment
- become a GP educator in Yorkshire and Humber
- what does a GP educator role involve
- application steps to becoming a GP educator in Yorkshire and Humber
- funding, expenses and support available for GP educators
Contact us
If you have any questions on the approval process further to the information provided on these pages, please contact the primary care school GP trainer approvals team.