{"id":1334,"date":"2019-12-02T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T12:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/west-herts\/?page_id=1334"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:30:19","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gp-training.hee.nhs.uk\/west-herts\/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\/west-herts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2020\/12\/pxfuel.com-5.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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why West Herts?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Four enthusiastic Programme Directors.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experienced Trainers with a wide range of specialist interests<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Excellent Training Practices \u2013 great mixture of sizes spread across Watford, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Close proximity to London \u2013 good rail and road links and excellent schools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regular teaching for the SCA examination with a very high first time pass rate.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A very good range of hospital posts \u2013 most rotations include Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Geriatric medicine, Emergency medicine and Obs &amp; Gynae.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Why West Herts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_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 v27.3 - 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