• Choosing Wales for your medical career means superb facilities, an innovative health service, a supportive environment and well-organised training schemes

    This is Wales. Train. Work. Live.
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    Join us

    Running over 50 specialty training programmes, we take pride in providing excellence and innovation in medical and dental postgraduate training to ensure quality care and patient safety in Wales.

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  • Dental Postgraduate Training and Education in Wales

    Dental Postgraduate Training and Education in Wales

    The dental postgraduate section supports postgraduate education and training for the whole dental workforce in Wales

    Dental Postgraduate Training & Education
  • Revalidation Support Unit

    Revalidation Support Unit

    The overall purpose of the Revalidation Support Unit (RSU) is to support and improve professional standards through revalidation, appraisal and CPD.

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  • General Practice Specialty Training

    General Practice Specialty Training

    Wales offers unparalleled variety in local environments giving you the opportunity to choose from a life in a bustling city centre to rural communities with spectacular views to life by the sea.

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  • Education Contract

    Education Contract

    The Wales Deanery have introduced a pioneering Education Contract which means that junior doctors in Wales will be the first in the UK to get ring-fenced time for learning written into their working week.

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  • 2016 GMC National Training Surveys

    2016 GMC National Training Surveys

    The GMC National Training Surveys for 2016 ran from 22/03 – 11/05. The annual surveys provide an opportunity for trainees & trainers to provide feedback on the training environment in which they work.

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The Wales Deanery / WCPPE is now part of Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW).

HEIW was established on 1st October 2018. It is a special health authority within NHS Wales created by bringing together three key organisations for health - the Wales Deanery, NHS Wales’ Workforce Education and Development Services (WEDS), and the Wales Centre for Pharmacy Professional Education (WCPPE). 

Sitting alongside health boards and trusts, HEIW has a leading role in the education, training, development and shaping of the healthcare workforce in Wales. Its key functions include: education and training, workforce development and modernisation, leadership development, strategic workforce planning, workforce intelligence, careers, and widening access.

Our mission  |  Why choose the Wales Deanery 

Important information for Trainees on Reflection

Certificate of Sponsorship

Health Education & Improvement Wales (HEIW)

FAQs for Trainees  FAQs for Trainers

Wales Deanery Education Contract

Recruitment

Workforce Development (CPD)

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Our Specialties

Running over 50 specialty training programmes, we take pride in providing excellence and innovation in medical and dental postgraduate training to ensure quality care and patient safety in Wales.

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We're here to help...

The Wales Deanery takes pride in fostering an inclusive and supportive culture for both its staff and its trainees. We have comprehensive processes for dealing with doctors in difficulty, the overall satisfaction of trainees in Wales is the best in the UK, and many training concerns are resolved before impact on patient safety, as a result of our risk based and escalated approach to trainee concerns and our visiting process.

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Latest events

Jan

11

2019

National Foundation Doctors Presentation Day

The National Foundation Presentations Day hosted by the UK Foundation Programme and Health Education England takes place Friday 11 January 2019 at...

Jan

23

2019

QIST Introduction to Quality Improvement in Oncology

The workshop will be held at: Velindre Cancer Centre, from 13.00 to 17.00 Health Education and Improvement Wales, Working in partnership with 1000...

Feb

04

2019

QIST Pharmacy Silver IQT Workshop

Friday 30th November 2018 and Monday 4th February 2019 The workshop will be held at: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Health Eduction and Improvement Wales,...

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Latest news

Launch of the All-Wales Medical Trainer Agreement (Secondary Care and Undergraduate Education)

We are delighted to announce the launch of the All-Wales Medical Trainer Agreement. Five years to the day since the...

Marijn completes training in user experience and leadership

Marijn Kampf, Web Programmer with the HEIW Digital team, recently undertook two training courses to enhance his...

Launch of Trainer Agreement Gateway (TAG)

Tuesday 13th November saw the launch of the All Wales Medical Trainer Agreement for Secondary Care and Undergraduate...

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