The Deanery Pages  (scroll down to Before Training Starts) have all the essential information and forms to complete before you start work. what follows explains the process in clearer detail:

All GP ST1 trainees need to complete the three forms below and return them to the School of General Practice, Wessex Deanery, Southern House, Otterbourne, Winchester SO21 2RU.  Once these forms have been received a National Training Number will be issued. 

• Form R Please complete, sign and attach a passport photo 
• Deanery Agreement Conditions of joining a Specialty Training Programme. Please read the Learning Agreement Data Protection Notice before you sign this form.
• GP Educational Agreement with the Wessex Deanery School of General Practice

For trainees going into a placement in a GP Surgery. The following two forms should be completed 6 weeks before you go into a general practice placement. Please do not complete these forms if you are going into a hospital placement.

• Agreement between GP Trainer and Trainee – to be retained by you and your GP trainer
• PAY1 form – please return this form to the Deanery so that your salary and the trainer’s grant can be set up. Please only complete this form if you are going into a GP post, it is not required if you are going into a hospital placement.

Medical Performers’ List

Dorset – Merita.Theobald@dorset.nhs.uk (soon to change - check with your trainer/course organiser (September 2011))
Hampshire and Isle of Wight  - Suzy.palmer@hampshire.nhs.uk
Wiltshire - Sally.Collier@wiltshire.nhs.uk

Registration with RCGP

You are also responsible for registering with the RCGP as an Associate in Training (AiT) and to set up your e-portfolio.