Please see below for our KSS July bulletin.
Highly Important
ARCP/Certificates
Foundation doctors need to sign their ARCP on Horus. This does not constitute acceptance of the outcome and does not affect your ability to appeal, but shows you acknowledge receipt of the outcome.
Once signed, KSSFS are able to process the F1CC (which is required by the GMC to apply for a full licence to practice) and to release the F2 FPCCs.
GMC Full Registration Process
You need to apply for full registration with a licence to practise so you can progress to F2 training.
If you’re not due to complete your training in August and need more time, it’s important you speak to the foundation school.
You should submit your application as early as possible to make sure you have the correct registration in time to start your F2 training. This is a very busy period for the GMC and it’s important that you get your application to them as soon as you can.
Non-UK and UK Graduates: Please click here for further guidance from the GMC.
UK graduates should follow instructions sent by the GMC, which will be sent 12 and 8 weeks ahead of F2.
REMINDER: Time Out of Training (TOOT) following ARCP
Please can we ask trust colleagues to inform us immediately should a Foundation Doctor have further sickness or industrial action absence which takes place after their ARCP and increases their TOOT over the 20-day trigger threshold.
F2 Responsible Officer Details
F2s are responsible for ensuring they are connected to the correct Responsible Officer. For doctors in training, this is your Postgraduate Dean. For more information please see: https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/current-doctors-in-training/gmc-full-registration/.
Important Information
Provisionally registered doctors (foundation year one/F1) must not undertake formal locum posts or activities.
Provisionally registered doctors can undertake occasional ad hoc additional/overtime shifts on their current FY1 placement or previous FY1 placements that have formed part of their F1 rotation, where such work is undertaken only within the limits of their current competence and with the support of their educational supervisor. When undertaking such occasional ad hoc additional/overtime work, provisionally registered doctors should be clear with other members of their team about their current experience and level of competence.
SCRIPT – supporting safer prescribing practices
The SCRIPT programme is a collection of innovative eLearning portfolios designed to encourage safe and effective prescribing and medicines management among healthcare professionals.
SCRIPT will enhance your knowledge and confidence in prescribing correctly, improving patient safety, therapeutics and medicines management. You will receive a certificate for each module that you complete, which can be used in your online learning portfolio. SCRIPT is easy to use. You can access the modules at a time which suits you and revisit them even after completion. You can learn more about the SCRIPT eLearning programme and how to sign up by visiting Medicine & Surgery | Safe Prescriber.
Study Leave
The KSSFS Admin Team have received several queries on how KSS Foundation Year 2 Doctors can apply for Discretionary Study Leave. For clarity, please see below.
Discretionary Study Leave should be applied for prospectively and not retrospectively.
- Foundation Doctor (FD) seeks support from Educational Supervisor and trust (local) Foundation Training Programme Director (FTPD).
- Local FTPD seeks approval from the area Foundation School Director (FSD)
- Local FSD replies to trust TPD, including study leave team.
- Local TPD can then reply to FD with outcome.
- If approved, on the guidance from the study leave team FD completes study leave form on the study leave portal.
If you have any further questions, please do contact the school at: england.kssfoundationenquiries.se@nhs.net.
KSS Contact details:
For Foundation Year 1 queries please email england.kssfoundationyear1.se@nhs.net
For Foundation Year 2 queries please email england.kssfoundationyear2.se@nhs.net
For any other queries please email england.kssfoundationenquiries.se@nhs.net
PSA sittings 2024-2025
All sittings are scheduled to commence at 13.00.
- Tuesday 10 September 2024
- Thursday 20 March 2025
- Thursday 1 May 2025
e-learning opportunities
Welcome to your June 2024 update from the Foundation elearning programme.
The Foundation elearning programme covers key areas in your Foundation curriculum. It has been developed specifically for Foundation doctors by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in partnership with NHS England e-learning for healthcare (NHSE eLfH) and is approved by the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO).
Reminders and Guidance
TIS Checks
Please can we use this opportunity to remind Medical Education colleagues in Trusts to work with their Medical Staffing teams to regularly check Foundation Doctors’ posts on TIS, against internal records. Early recognition of any discrepancies can help us all to resolve issues quickly.
Also, if you have not already informed us of any F1s that have withdrawn from training, please do so, as we aren’t always made aware by trainees themselves.
F2 – Higher training
For those in F2 wanting to move straight into higher training, the application windows for specialty training will soon be open and details of person specifications for application can be found on the specialty training website: https://specialtytraining.hee.nhs.uk/Recruitment/Person-specifications
Foundation Doctors taking Parental Leave
Please can all foundation doctors who will be taking a period of Parental Leave complete the following training interruption form: https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/useful-links-and-documents/ and return to england.kssfoundationenquiries.se@nhs.net. This is in addition to informing your employing Trust.
Less Than Full Time (LTFT) Training for London and KSS
Please click the link below for guidance regarding Less Than Full Time (LTFT) training.https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/current-doctors-in-training/less-than-full-training/
Foundation doctors in GP and psychiatry placements contributing to acute services
Please see below link for guidance regarding Foundation doctors in community placements contributing to acute services: https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2023/09/KSSFS-Foundation-doctors-in-GP-and-psychiatry-placements-contributing-to-acute-services_2.pdf
NHS employers’ guidance on induction for international medical graduates
Please see below link to guidance from NHS employers:
Foundation Doctor Role and Responsibilities
Foundation Doctor Role and Responsibilities within the Local Education Provider and Minimum Requirements for Clinical Supervision of Foundation Doctors: see document.
Foundation ARCP requirements
The ARCP checklist can be found here: https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/current-doctors-in-training/arcp/
Foundation School Representatives
Please see here for current KSS Foundation Doctor Representatives.
Courses, fellowships, events and surveys
UK Foundation Programme F2 career destination survey 2024
We would be grateful if you could take 5 minutes to complete this questionnaire. It is designed to explore your career intentions after completing Foundation Programme training. All data will be anonymous and will be used to help NHS workforce planning and to influence future changes to the Foundation Programme.
The survey is open from Thursday 27 June 2024 until midnight on Saturday 31 August 2024.
https://response.questback.com/nhseducationforscotland/onuziaam5k
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The survey has been created and run by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) in conjunction with the UKFPO/Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)/Northern Ireland Medical & Dental Training Agency (NIMDTA)/NHS England (NHSE).
This destination survey is being run as a pilot for the training year ending 2024.
Useful Websites and Contacts
- KSS Website (home page) https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/
- KSS Foundation webpage https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/
- KSS Bulletin https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/kss-bulletin/
- Careers, Professional Support & Wellbeing Service https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/current-doctors-in-training/careers-and-wellbeing-support/
- Forms, documents and useful links https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/useful-links-and-documents/
- Foundation programme curriculum & foundation programme rough guide https://foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/curriculum/
- KSS Foundation Team https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/meet-the-team/
- KSS Foundation reps https://kss.hee.nhs.uk/kss-foundation/current-doctors-in-training/trainee-representatives/
UKFPO Bulletin:
Read the latest UKFPO bulletin (July 2024)