(Reviewed and updated March 2023)
Setting up, managing and altering Foundation Programmes
Foundation Programme Director (FPD) Job Description and Person Specification
Post & Programme Reconfiguration Application (Post Change Request) - Template
Post Description - Template
Programme Competency Mapping - Template
Formal Teaching Programme Guidance
Guidance on the recruitment to Foundation Vacancies in the North West
UKFPO Guidance on the recruitment to stand-alone F2 vacancies
Prior to starting training as a Foundation Doctor
HEE National Shadowing Guidance (remains unchanged for 2023)
Pre-Employment Competency Screening for Foundation Training
Code of Practice 2018 (still in use for 2023)
Guide for Foundation Training in the UK
Raising Problems As a Foundation Trainee in NW
During Foundation Training
A Guide to Psychiatry in the Foundation Programme
BMA Guidance on the use of Social Media
Careers Taster Guidance
Complaints Appeals Process
Consent in the Foundation Training Programme
Ethical guidance in the Foundation Training Programme
Educational and Professional Leave for F1 Doctors in Training
GMC Guidance on absence from the Foundation Programme
F2GP Trainers Grant - Payment Process
Inter Foundation School Transfer (National Process)
Intra Foundation School Transfers (Local position statement)
Locum Guidance for Foundation Trainees
Process for becoming a GP Foundation Supervisor Flow Chart
Relocation and Excess Mileage - School Guidance (updated Aug 2024)
Remote AFP Placements
Time Out of Foundation Programme - TOFP (See UKFPO Reference Guide)
Trainee Foundation Forum - Guidance Notes
Study Leave - Foundation School Guidance (updated Aug24)
Study Leave - NHSE overview
Whistle blowing in the Foundation Training Programme
Placing Foundation Doctors in GP Practices FAQs April 2022
Trainees Requiring Extra Support (TRES)
Trainees Requiring Extra Support - Referral Pack
Trainees Requiring Extra Support - FORM F1 Foundation Doctors (Sept 2024)
Making Up Missed Foundation Training Time
ARCP, Sign Off and GMC Registration
National Foundation ARCP Guidance
ARCP checklist and information for Clinical Supervisors
ARCP checklist and information for Educational Supervisors
ARCP checklist and information for the ARCP panel chair
ARCP checklist and information for portfolio administrators
North West ARCP Process - Operational Guide (Updated June 2024)
Foundation Form R Guidance
Revalidation - Guidance on the full scope of practice
Revalidation - FAQs on the full scope of practice
Longitudinal Integrated Foundation Training (LIFT)
LIFT Pilot Introduction
Guidance for Foundation Programme Directors
Guidance for GP Trainers
Guidance for the supervision of F1 trainees in GP
Guidance for Hospital based supervisors
LIFT Timetabling Guidance
LIFT - FAQs
Enhancing Generalist Skills (Enhance)
Enhancing Generalist Skills - HEE : 2023
Enhance Handbook - HEE - 2023
Enhance Guidance for Foundation Programme Directors
Guidance for Trusts/LEPs
Cancellation Policy - NWFTPA Conferences and Events (updated July 2023)
For any queries relating to the policies and processes featured on this page please email england.foundation.nw@nhs.net