{"id":1334,"date":"2019-12-02T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T12:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/bristol\/?page_id=1334"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:59:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:59:49","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/bristol\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-nhsblocks-heroblock nhsuk-hero nhsuk-hero--image nhsuk-hero--image-description\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/bristol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2021\/03\/Bristol_cityscape-1.jpg);background-size:cover;background-position:center;background-color:#005eb8\"><div class=\"nhsuk-hero__overlay\"><div class=\"nhsuk-width-container\"><div class=\"nhsuk-grid-row\"><div class=\"nhsuk-grid-column-two-thirds\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-nhsblocks-heroinner nhsuk-hero-content\"><h1 class=\"nhsuk-u-margin-bottom-3\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">About us<\/h1><p class=\"nhsuk-body-l nhsuk-u-margin-bottom-0\" style=\"color:#ffffff\"><\/p><span class=\"nhsuk-hero__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nhsblocks-panel1 nhsuk-panel is-style-panel-with-label\"><h3>Why Bristol?<\/h3><div class=\"paneltext\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why choose the Bristol scheme?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Consistently high pass rates for the AKT and SCA exams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scholarship opportunities in leadership, education, substance abuse, and more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Academic 4 year programmes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teaching 3 weeks out of 4 throughout the whole of your GP training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supportive environment for less than full time training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some joint rotations with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/somerset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Somerset<\/a>&nbsp;offering contrast of inner city medicine with rural practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exposure to a diverse patient demographic in your two GP placements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wide variety of community based placements, including sexual health, psychiatry, elderly care, paediatrics and palliative care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vibrant city life, family friendly attractions, and easy access to the countryside (<a href=\"http:\/\/visitbristol.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.visitbristol.co.uk<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great road and rail links to the north, south, east and west<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><em>Bristol GP Specialty Training Programme is not \u2018the Deanery\u2019 although we are part of the Deanery.\u00a0 Information about who\u2019s who in the Severn Deanery GP School is on the GP School website\u00a0<\/em><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/southwest.pgmdeducation.nhs.uk\/primary-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/southwest.pgmdeducation.nhs.uk\/primary-care\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/34517490@N00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nick<\/a>, Bristol viewed from Windmill Hill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Author:&nbsp;Nick, Bristol viewed from Windmill Hill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1334","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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