GP Higher Professional Education Scheme (HPE)
The Higher Professional Education (HPE) scheme has been a government
funded programme open to recently qualified doctors working in general
practice to support professional development. The Department of Health has
taken the decision not to identify central funding to continue this
scheme.
Responsibility for funding lies with the SHAs who will base local decisions
on the targeted use of available funding. It is hoped that the value of the
scheme will continue to be recognised, but this will be balanced against
other local priorities.
This means that the old HPE scheme is effectively ended, and the £250 per
day honorarium has stopped.
Doctors who had anticipated a resumption of funding, and/or are wanting
to resume their HPE should contact their local GP Tutors to access
programmes of activities.
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