Alvaston Medical Centre

IMPORTANT NOTICE – GLOBAL MICROSOFT OUTAGE

We are currently experiencing a complete disruption to our email services due to the ongoing worldwide Microsoft 365 outage.

Unfortunately, we are unable to access Microsoft Outlook, meaning we cannot send, receive or retrieve emails at this time.

This is a global issue affecting businesses and organisations worldwide and is outside of our control. We have been advised that there is currently no action we can take from our end while Microsoft works to resolve the problem.

Please do not rely on email to contact us until further notice. Any emails sent during this disruption may not reach us.

We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding. We will update this notice as soon as our email services are back up and running.

Alvaston Medical Centre Training Practice

Alvaston Medical Centre is training practice for both undergraduate and postgraduate doctors. All our GPs have a keen interest in training and education. We support in improving primary care in the UK through education and training new GPs. Junior doctors and GPs in training make up an increasing number of doctors in primary care nationally .

These doctors are well supported by qualified GPs in practice and are always able to get advice from a qualified GP if needed. Please don’t be alarmed if a training doctor asks for advice from a senior GP during your consultation, we are committed to providing the best clinical care possible to our patients.

You may see the following doctors at Alvaston Medical Centre and Aston Surgery:

Student Doctor. A student training to become a doctor before they have qualified. You will also be seen by a qualified GP if you see a student doctor.

Foundation doctors F1 and F2. These are qualified doctors that are in their first 2 years following qualification as a doctor. They have often worked as doctors in hospitals and A&E before coming to Alvaston Medical Centre . They can always access support from a qualified GP.

GP Specialist Trainees (Registrars), GP ST. These are doctors undergoing specialist training to become a GP. They are fully qualified doctors who have worked for several years in hospital specialties before starting specialist training to be a GP. GP ST1 doctors are in their first years of specialist GP training, GP ST2 are in year 2 and GP ST3 are in their final year of training to become a GP. They always have access to support from a fully qualified GP.

Student Nurses

The practice will soon have Student Nurses on placement with us .

You may meet these Student Nurses as they shadow our clinician’s consultations.

Why?

We need to future proof the Nursing workforce and encourage student to take the path of General Practice Nursing.

We are able to provide training in 3 areas a Nurse needs to study in to qualify so we are an ideal site to train these Nurses;

·         Children

·         Elderly

·         Mental Health