Why Southend?
About Southend - Taking its name as the ‘south end’ of Prittlewell village, it became a popular seaside resort for Londoners during the Victorian era. Only 30 miles from London and with easy access by train and road, the town's economy has largely been based on tourism ever since.
Southend Pier is the towns historical icon and is the world's longest pleasure pier at 1.33 miles long. It hasn’t always enjoyed the best of health, with a number of incidents and injuries over the years, most recently a further fire in October 2005 but is now fully repaired and a great place to walk, stop for a cup of tea or an ice cream and take in the view.
Southend area has the usual selection of theatres and cinemas, a wider than average range of restaurants and eateries, and very easy transport links with central London for an evening at the West End.
GP Training - As far as GP training is concerned we are fortunate to have a wide range of excellent hospital posts and GP placements. There are opportunities to broaden your experience 'out of programme'. We run a regular half-day release programme on Wednesday afternoons which is highly regarded and includes dedicated SCA exam preparation sessions when in ST3 as well as an exciting annual off site professional development day. There is also the opportunity to become a GPST representative during your hospital rotations which will assist you in meeting your leadership requirements.
The trainees form lasting relationships which are very supportive of one another, helping one another through exam preparation, keeping in touch during maternity leave and so on. As Training Programme Directors we pride ourselves in being available to answer queries and offer support if problems arise. In addition we are ably assisted by our excellent scheme administrators, Nicole, Nicola and Lisa.
If you want to find out more please feel free to contact one of us by clicking our name below for an informal chat.