What are the lead employer arrangements? - Doctors
The National Programmes were initially allocated across the Lead Employers as detailed below, however following feedback on these arrangements, the trainees on these programmes were transferred to NES employment on the 5th February 2020. Further information is available here.
In August 2018 we moved from 22 Health Board employers to just 4 lead employers for doctors and dentists in training:
- NHS Grampian for the North region
- NHS Lothian for the East region
- NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for the West region, and
- NHS Education for Scotland (NES).
NES became the sole employer for all GP trainees, with the 3 other lead employers covering the other specialties and foundation trainees on a regional basis.
The programmes are allocated across the lead employers as follows:
North Regional programmes – Grampian
Acute Care Common Stem - Acute Medicine (East/North programmes)
Acute Care Common Stem - Anaesthetics (East/ North programmes)
Acute Care Common Stem - Emergency medicine (East/ North programmes)
Acute Internal Medicine (East/North Programmes)
Anaesthetics – (East/North programmes)
Cardiology (East/North programmes)
Clinical radiology (East/North programmes)
Core Anaesthetics (East programme)
Core Anaesthetics Training (North programme)
Core Medical Training (East/North programmes)
Core Psychiatry (East/North programmes)
Dermatology (East/North programmes)
Emergency medicine (run through) – East/North programmes
Emergency medicine (East/North programmes)
Endocrinology and diabetes mellitus (East/North programmes)
Gastroenterology (East/North programmes)
General (internal) medicine (East/North programmes)
General psychiatry – East programme
General surgery (East/North programme)
Geriatric medicine (East/North programmes)
General Obstetrics and gynaecology – East programme
Haematology (East/North programmes)
Histopathology (East/North programmes)
Intensive care medicine (East/North programmes)
Intensive Care Medicine - Single (East/North programmes)
Internal Medicine Training (East/North programmes)
Obstetrics and gynaecology – North programme
Ophthalmology – East programme
Ophthalmology – North psychiatry programme
Paediatrics (East/North programme)
Renal medicine (East/North programmes)
Respiratory medicine (East/North programmes)
Rheumatology (East/North programmes)
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery (East/North programmes
Urology (Run Through) - East of Scotland programme
East regional programmes- Lothian
Acute Care Common Stem - Acute Medicine South East of Scotland
Acute Internal Medicine - South East
Acute Care Common Stem - Anaesthetics South East of Scotland
Acute Care Common Stem - Emergency Medicine South East of Scotland
Anaesthetics - South East
Cardiology - South East
Clinical radiology - South East
Core Anaesthetics Training South-East of Scotland
Core Medical Training South-East of Scotland
Core Psychiatry Training South-East of Scotland
Dermatology - South East
Emergency medicine - South East
Emergency medicine (run through) - South East
Endocrinology and diabetes mellitus - South East
Intensive care medicine - South East
Intensive Care Medicine Single - South East
Gastroenterology - South East
Geriatric medicine - South East
General psychiatry - South East
General surgery - South East
Haematology - South East
Histopathology - South East
Internal Medicine Training - South East
Obstetrics and gynaecology - South East
Ophthalmology - South East
Paediatrics - South East
Renal medicine - South East
Respiratory medicine - South East
Rheumatology - South East
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery - South East
Vascular Surgery (Run Through)
West regional programmes - GGC
Acute Care Common Stem - Acute Medicine West of Scotland
Acute Care Common Stem - Anaesthetics - West
Acute Care Common Stem - Emergency Medicine - West
Acute Internal Medicine - West
Anaesthetics - West
Cardiology – West
Clinical radiology – West
Core Anaesthetics Training West of Scotland
All Core Medical Training West of Scotland programmes
Core Psychiatry Training West 1
Core Psychiatry Training West 2
Core Surgical Training - West
Dermatology - West
Emergency Medicine - West
Emergency medicine (run through) - West
Endocrinology and diabetes mellitus - West
Gastroenterology - West
General (internal) medicine - West
Geriatric medicine - West
General psychiatry - West
General surgery – West
Haematology- West
Histopathology - West
Intensive care medicine – West
All Internal Medicine Training – West programmes
Medical Microbiology - West of Scotland
Obstetrics and gynaecology - West South
Ophthalmology - West
Otolaryngology – West Trauma and orthopaedic surgery - West
Paediatrics - West
Renal medicine - West
Respiratory medicine - West
Rheumatology - West
Urology - West of Scotland
All National & Cross-regional programmes - NES
Broad Based Training
Cardio-thoracic Surgery (all)
Chemical Pathology (All Scotland)
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - National
Clinical Genetics
Clinical Neurophysiology (All Scotland)
Clinical Oncology
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Community and Sexual and Reproductive Health
Core Surgical Training
Diagnostic Neuropathology
Forensic Histopathology
Forensic Psychiatry
Genito-urinary Medicine
Infectious Diseases (All Scotland)
Intellectual Disability Psychiatry - National
Medical Oncology
Medical Ophthalmology – National
Medical Psychotherapy
Medical Virology
Neurosurgery - National
Neurology
Occupational Medicine
Old Age Psychiatry - National
Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery
Paediatric Cardiology
Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology
Paediatric Surgery
Palliative Medicine - West
Plastic Surgery
Public Health
Rehabilitation Medicine
Vascular Surgery
The other Boards continue to host trainees on placement as part of the training programme and are known as ‘placement Boards’. Whilst the employing Boards have employment responsibilities, the placement Boards continue to have clinical governance responsibility for those engaged in providing clinical care to placement Board patients.