Listed below are the Mid Sussex and Brighton Training Programme Directors.
The TPDs work with KSS GP Deanery to:
- organise and oversee local training programmes,
- run the weekly VTS ‘Day Release’ course
- work closely with the trainees, their Educational Supervisors and Clinical Supervisors throughout their GP training.
They have an ‘open door’ policy and ask for members to come and raise any concerns about training or difficulties.
Lara Belle, TPD Mid Sussex
I qualified from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School just before it became Imperial and joined The Brow Medical Centre in 2003 having been a registrar for the Mid Sussex VTS. I loved the VTS too much to leave it so became a Programme Director for the Mid Sussex VTS a couple of years later. I think General Practice is the most amazing job in the world and I am passionate about education. I also have a special interest in Dermatology with weekly GPwSI clinics and regular minor ops sessions. Personally and as a practice we are very involved with CCG activities too. Outside of work I have three young children who keep me busy, entertained and harassed, and l enjoy being creative if ever time permits! Qualifications: MBBS BSc MRCGP PGcert.
- Trainer GP Practice: The Brow MC
- Trainer Telephone: 01444 246 123
Stefano Capozzi, TPD Mid Sussex
I qualified from Liverpool Medical School, following my foundation programme I pursued the sunny climes of Brighton and Mid Sussex Training Scheme. Education has always been a passion of mine, I intercalated in Leeds collecting a BSc in Medical Education and have been involved in teaching ever since. I work as a salaried GP in Hove, as well as enjoying out of hours and locum work. I have a passion for geriatrics, running 2 residential home ward rounds, as well as teaching consultation skills, leading on the workshops for international medical graduates across KSS. When I am not at work I enjoy running the university hospital Sussex football team, gardening, and an occasional low standard game of golf.
- Trainer GP Practice: Regency Surgery
- Trainer Telephone: 01273 600103
Alex Morton, TPD Brighton
I qualified from UCH in 1989 and completed my GP training at the Whittington Hospital and Highgate in North London. I was a partner in Islington for 3 years, but then moved to Brighton, and after 14 months working in rural British Colombia in Canada, returned to become a partner in central Brighton. I am passionate about General Practice and the partnership model, and l’ve thrived being a partner. I started GP training in 2009 and became TPD in 2018 and have loved supporting trainees through their journey onto becoming independent practitioners. Interests: GP Training, Developing workforce within Primary Care, swimming and cycling, dog walking, eating out.
Trainer GP Practice: Stanford Surgery
Trainer Telephone: 01273 557411
Caroline Smith, TPD Brighton
GP Trainer
Special interests:
GP Training, Workforce development, walking/rambling
Vannaboon Phag-Udom, TPD Brighton
Salaried GP (Trainer), Chapel Street Surgery.
Special interests: Medical Education, International Development, cooking and eating
Hugo Wilson, TPD Mid Sussex
Trained at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals, qualifying in 1997. Started at Hurstpierpoint in June 2006 and is a GP Trainer, supervising qualified Doctors in their final stages of training towards becoming fully fledged GPs. He is lead for the Parctice on GP Training, Research and IT, and a GP Appraiser for West Sussex. He is lead for the Practice on GP Training, Research and IT. Outside of work he enjoys mountain biking on the South Downs, tennis, running, and playing guitar in a local band. He is married and has 3 boys. MB BS MRCGP DRCOG BSc PGCE London 1997
- Trainer GP Practice: MSHC Hurstpierpoint
- Trainer Telephone: 01273 834 388