Applications for Cohort 4 now open!
West Yorkshire PCWTH were shortlisted for the 2024 General Practice Awards for this programme!
The West Yorkshire Training Hub commissioned research which involved interviews with GPNs from across our West Yorkshire GPN workforce. Key messages from the research concluded that GPNs felt at risk of isolation, that peer support and networking was lacking, and that GPNs would like to better understand career pathway options available to them.
As a result of this research, the WY PCWTH have developed a funded 1-year GPN Fellowship specifically aimed at GPNs who have been in a substantial GPN post for 2 years or more. This Fellowship focuses on providing a safe space where you can reduce isolation, discuss career progression and experiences, and where you can receive much needed peer support. The Fellowship will be delivered via a series of three locality breakfast networking meetings, spread throughout the year.
The locality breakfast meetings are back-filled at £30/hour, attendance is 09:30 – 12:30hrs and will culminate with a West Yorkshire GPN Conference where the locality GPN groups can come together, back-filled at £180. A total of £450 is payable to release the GPN to attend all four of the events.
In addition to the backfill above, there is the opportunity for up to 3 coaching sessions with an experienced Primary Care Nurse throughout the Development Fellowship, worth £225. This will provide a 1-2-1 opportunity to discuss topics of interest in a confidential safe space, providing the time to reflect on personal development needs which will improve the wellbeing and development of the nursing workforce.
Furthermore, we are also offering 20 funded opportunities to work on a service improvement project within the PCN which mutually benefits the GPNs career, the Practices within the PCN and the patients. Funding will be up to a total of £1440 based on 48 hours at £30/hour. Applications for this element of the Fellowship will need to demonstrate links with the Clinical Director and PCN, and a viable Project Outline with key deliverables to show how the project will be delivered and what impact it will create.
Key Dates and Venues
Calderdale and Kirklees
- Meeting 1 – Wednesday 30th Sept 2026; Junction 25, Kirkdale House, Armytage Road, Brighouse, HD6 1QF.
- Meeting 2 – Wednesday 3rd February 2027; Junction 25, Kirkdale House, Armytage Road, Brighouse, HD6 1QF.
- Meeting 3 – Wednesday 28th April 2027; Junction 25, Kirkdale House, Armytage Road, Brighouse, HD6 1QF.
Bradford District & Craven
- Meeting 1 – Wednesday 23rd September 2026; The Ridge Medical Centre, Cousen Road, Bradford, BD7 3JX.
- Meeting 2 – Wednesday 27th January 2027; The Ridge Medical Centre, Cousen Road, Bradford, BD7 3JX.
- Meeting 3 – Wednesday 21st April 2027; The Ridge Medical Centre, Cousen Road, Bradford, BD7 3JX.
Leeds and Wakefield
- Meeting 1 – Wednesday 7th October 2026; The Village Hotel South Leeds, Capitol Boulevard, Leeds LS27 0TS.
- Meeting 2 – Wednesday 10th February 2027; The Village Hotel South Leeds, Capitol Boulevard, Leeds LS27 0TS.
- Meeting 3 – Wednesday 5th May 2027; The Village Hotel South Leeds, Capitol Boulevard, Leeds LS27 0TS.
West Yorkshire GPN Conference
- Wednesday 7th July 2027; The Village Hotel South Leeds, Capitol Boulevard, Leeds LS27 0TS.
