GP Resident Doctor Mental Health Placement Tool

This is an online directory of mental health and psychological therapy services across North West England that are available to ‘host’ a GP Resident Doctors for a short period of time/ invite them for a learning visit.

The aim of this is to help GP Resident Doctors make links with local mental health services (both NHS and third sector), to help with their learning about mental health and understanding what support is available within the local community

This is only intended to be a short placement, making use of study leave as for no longer than half a day or a full day. It is suggested that this time is best co-ordinated when there is a team meeting or when practitioners may be in the office. Joining a virtual meeting is a consideration. The placement is light touch and may take the format of a general observation session or shadowing opportunity. It is expected that the Trainee Resident Doctor to reflect on their learning and add an entry in their portfolio in line with RCGP curriculum.

Key steps for organising a placement:

• Once you’ve identified where you’d like to do your placement, please request placements via service pages within this directory or via this link.
• Once completed, the service provider will get in touch to agree placement date. When the placement dates have been agreed, please register the placement here.
• You will receive pre and post placement surveys, please fill these in to support the evaluation of this scheme and help us continuously improve the offer.
• You should receive the pre-placement survey via email three days before your placement, if you haven’t you can find the survey here. You should receive the post-placement survey via email three days after your placement, if you haven’t you can find the survey here.