GPST Hospital-Based Teaching in Lancaster

 

Local teaching takes place on scheduled Wednesday afternoons during term time.

 

The venue is the Education Centre, Royal Lancaster Infirmary and commences 13:00 – 15:00.

For further details please see 2026/2027 timetable below.

 

GPST Hospital-Based Teaching Timetable August 2026 – July 2027

Term 1 / Autumn Term 

August – December 2027

Date Topic  Venue 
05.08.2026 No teaching / Trust Induction / rotation day  
12.08.2026 HEE online GP induction (AUG 26 starters) 13:30 – 17:00 HEE online
19.08.2026 HEE online GP induction (AUG 26 starters) 13:30 – 17:00  HEE online
26.08.2026 GPST1 new starters’ induction (AUG 26 starters) 10:00 – 16:00 RLI Education Centre
02.09.2026 Start of local teaching / Introduction to year / Consultation & Communication Skills – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
09.09.2026 AKT Session 1 (AUG 26 starters) – Dr J Ireland RLI Education Centre
09.09.2026 Communication & Consultation Skills 2 – information gathering & clinical reasoning (FEB 26 starters) – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
16.09.2026 Veterans’ Health – Dr J Kilner RLI Education Centre
23.09.2026 Respiratory in GP – Dr P Haslam RLI Education Centre
30.09.2026 Urology and Nephrology in GP – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
07.10.2026 TBC RLI Education Centre 
14.10.2026 Study Day 1 /  Men’s Health and Chronic Pain FGH Education Centre 
21.10.2026 Dermatology Introduction – Dr N Howlett RLI Education Centre
28.10.2026 No Local Teaching /  Half Term   
04.11.2026 ARCP (for all GPST1s) – Dr S Frost RLI Education Centre
11.11.2026 Women’s Health in GP part 1 – Dr C Munro  RLI Education Centre
18.11.2026 AKT Session 3 (FEB 26 starters) – Dr P Knight RLI Education Centre
18.11.2026 Communication & Consultation Skills 1 – clinical reasoning & information sharing (AUG 26 starters) – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
25.11.2026 Clinical Reasoning & Differential Diagnosis – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
02.12.2026 Safeguarding Adults & Children TBC RLI Education Centre
09.12.2026 AKT Session 2 (AUG 26 starters) – Dr P Knight RLI Education Centre
09.12.2026 Communication & Consultation Skills 3 – clinical reasoning and information sharing (FEB 26 starters) – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
16.12.2026 Rheumatology in GP – Dr L Gray RLI Education Centre
23.12.2026 & 30.12.2026 No local teaching / Christmas Holidays   

Term 2 / Spring Term 

January – April 2027

Date Topic Venue
06.01.2027 Paediatrics in GP Part 1 / Dr E Rajaram & Dr J Ikpakwu RLI Education Centre
13.01.2027 Geriatrics in GP – Dr I Chadwick RLI Education Centre
20.01.2027 Study Day 2 / iMSK  RLI Education Centre
27.01.2027 Women’s Health in GP (part 2) – Dr C Munro RLI Education Centre
03.02.2027 No local teaching / Trust Induction (FEB 27 starters) RLI Education Centre
10.02.2027
GPST1 Induction (FEB 27 starters) / AKT Session 1 (pm) – Dr J Ireland
RLI Education Centre
10.02.2027 Consultation and Communication Skills 2 – information gathering & clinical reasoning (AUG 26 starters) – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
17.02.2027 No local teaching / Half term  
24.02.2027 Reflective Practice (FEB 27 starters) – Dr A Astle /  No local teaching for Aug 26 starters RLI Education Centre
03.03.2027 Professionalism in GP – Dr S Baier RLI Education Centre
10.03.2027 Pregnancy in GP – Dr J Armer RLI Education Centre
17.03.2027 Diagnostic Reasoning Communication and Consultation Skills (part 2) – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
24.03.2027 Study Day 3 / Mental Health FGH Education Centre
31.03.2027 No local teaching / Easter Holidays  
07.04.2027 No local teaching / Easter Holidays  
     

Term 3 / Summer Term 

April – July 2027

Date Topic Venue
14.04.2027 Haematology in GP – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
21.04.2027 Integrative and Complementary Medicine in GP – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
28.04.2027 Gastroenterology in GP – Dr L Hudson RLI Education Centre
05.05.2027 Communication & Consultation Skills 1 – initiation, building rapport & information gathering (FEB 27 starters) – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
05.05.2027 AKT Session 3 / Mock Exam (AUG 26 starters) – Dr P Knight RLI Education Centre
12.05.2027 Cardiovascular Health in GP – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
19.05.2027 Get ARCP Ready and portfolio – Dr P Knight RLI Education Centre
26.05.2027 No local teaching / Half term  
02.06.2027 AKT Session 2 / 100 Questions Session (FEB 27 starters) RLI Education Centre
02.06.2027 Consultation & Communication Skills 3 – clinical reasoning and information sharing (AUG 26 starters) – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
09.06.2027 Paediatrics in GP (part 2) – Dr E Ikpakwu & Dr J Rajaram RLI Education Centre
16.06.2027 Metabolic disease in GP – Dr N Hutchings RLI Education Centre
23.06.2027 Study Day 4 / Health Inequalities RLI Education Centre
30.06.2027 Cancer Including Red Flags in GP – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
07.07.2027  To Admit or Not Admit – Emergencies in GP – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre
14.07.2027 Infectious disease in GP  – Dr L Hudson RLI Education Centre
21.07.2027 Common Orthopaedic Presentations and Examinations in GP – Mr R Kakkar RLI Education Centre
28.07.2027 Neurology in GP  – Dr E Thompson RLI Education Centre

Course Information

Programme Director: Dr Pru Knight

Administration:  RLIGPResidentDoctors@mbht.nhs.uk

For details of the Lancaster scheme please contact Dr Knight via email to  RLIGPResidentDoctors@mbht.nhs.uk

Track

The GP Training Scheme in Lancaster and Barrow runs over 3 years.

The tracks are allocated by the Programme Director at each site.  Previous experience and personal preferences are taken into account when allocating tracks, however, it is not always possible for everyone to have all their first choice posts.

Lancaster Tracks: There are 12 tracks available in Lancaster which include posts in:

  • Paediatrics
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Psychiatry
  • Medicine
  • Emergency Department
  • Palliative Care

Included are ITP (Integrated Training Posts) posts which consist of 3 days in GP and 2 days in a speciality (either Medicine/ Obs & Gynae / Paediatrics / Psychiatry or Palliative Care – Hospice)

The posts are based at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, The Orchard and East Barn in Psychiatry and St John’s Hospice.  There are some community paediatric placements and other community sites within Psychiatry.