{"id":1334,"date":"2019-12-02T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T12:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/portsmouth\/?page_id=1334"},"modified":"2025-05-07T11:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T10:41:45","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/portsmouth\/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(http:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/portsmouth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/03\/photoportsdown-scaled.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 nhsuk-card\"><h3><\/h3><div class=\"paneltext\">\n<p>Our purpose is to support all aspects of general practice education in the healthcare communities based around Portsmouth, South East Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. 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