Welcome to the East of England School of General Practice

NHSE's HEFT rotations, also sometimes known as trailblazer rotations, are designed to give you the knowledge, skills and confidence to work in areas of poverty and with excluded groups, including those experiencing poverty, homelessness, sex workers, vulnerable migrants, and Gypsies and Travellers. Practising in these areas is challenging, but incredibly rewarding, and we are looking for outstanding trainees to take up this opportunity. Health Equity Focused Trainees will be able to choose from specific rotations that are part of their chosen local GPVTS program but will have additional quarterly training in health equity and a support network of other Health Equity Focused Trainees.

National Education Programme (mandatory)

• Delivered by Yorkshire & the Humber
• Blended learning online webinars
• 3 years spiral curriculum
• Sessions will be every 2 months
• First Thursday afternoon of the month 2-4pm
• Topics organised into 5 streams
  • HI
  • Substance misuse
  • Inclusion health
  • Primary care key topics
  • Skills
• Attendance is mandatory
• Sessions can be taken in either

1) self-directed learning time if in primary care and rota aligns

2) instead of HDR if your rota aligns and/or

3) study leave

Regional Education Programme

• Once every two months
• Last Friday of the month
• Up to 2 hours
• Delivered online

• CoP
• Facilitated reflective learning
• Peer led learning and Action learning sets
• Coaching and mentoring if required
• EoE Deep End Network

HEFT Programme Dates 

Further details on the HEFT programme can be found here which also includes videos of current Trainees sharing their experiences.

Dr Rahhiel Riasat