The Supporting Mentors Scheme provides experienced GPs with a mentoring qualification, as well as one funded mentoring session a week. There are now almost 300 trained GP mentors providing support to our newly qualified GPs on the GP Fellowship scheme, and the pool of mentors continues to grow.
We have listened to scheme feedback and have expanded the criteria of GPs who can be mentored if all Fellowship mentoring needs have been met. This could include, for instance, GPs who are new to partnership or on the National GP Retention Scheme. This year we are also able to reimburse up to four sessions for mentorship training.
If you are interested in the scheme, further guidance is available online. Don’t forget to look at the GP career support hub to find out about other schemes that may be available.