Practices are reminded that the closing date for the catchily named “Targeted Investment in Recruiting Returning Doctors Pilot 2016” is coming up at the end of June.

The pilot scheme is intended to invest resources in practices which can evidence that they have historically encountered difficulty in recruiting GPs  i.e. that they have had a GP vacancy for a minimum of 12 months. 
This targeted investment scheme aims to encourage doctors interested in returning to work as a GP in the NHS, and those GPs on the retained doctor scheme, to seek employment in areas which have historically struggled to recruit GPs. 

The pilot enables designated practices to access up to £10,000 in relocation allowances and an educational bursary for GPs they are able to recruit, assisting them to encourage GPs to take up positions.   

Full details of the scheme including FAQs and the application form.

The deadline (15 June at 5.00pm) is fast approaching for the General Practice Nurse (GPN) Ready Scheme.
 
The GPN Ready scheme provides funding to support the development of nurses when they first work in primary care.
 
The Offer

Health Education England will provide funding of £8,000 over two years to those GP practices who offer to appoint a new NMC registered nurse to work in their practice, and who are successful in accessing funding through the scheme. It is anticipated that the nurse will have registered with the NMC no earlier than 1st August 2016.

The understanding will be that the practice will use these funds to support and supervise the new nurse in a package of formal academic and experiential supervision and learning over a period of not less than two years. In year two, this plan will continue, but will also include an NMC approved mentorship programme (often called Supporting Learning in Practice or ‘SLiP’).

Click here for more information about the scheme.
Click here for the application pack.