ContractCode of Practice • April 8th, 2011
Contract Type FiledApril 8th, 2011Directorate for Health WorkforcePlanning and Development Division abcdefghijklmnopqrstu Dear Colleague CEL 17 (2011) Code of Practice – Provision of Information for Postgraduate Medical Training 8 April 2011 Purpose Addresses 1. Following discussions between NHS Education for Scotland (NES), MSG and the BMA’s Scottish Junior Doctors Committee agreement has been reached on a Code of Practice which sets out the agreed set of information for postgraduate medical training in Scotland. For action Chief Executives (NHS Boards) 2. The purpose of the code, a copy of which is attached at Annex A, is to ensure that doctors in training have as much detail as possible about the programmes and the posts they are applying for, where they will be working, and their conditions of employment. It sets out the information that recruiting organisations and employers should provide to doctors in training at each stage of the recruitment process, the first post and subsequent rotations. For information D