North Worcestershire VTS

Autumn Residential 2011

21-22nd Sept 2011

Dear All,

I am re-sending this email (with corrections) and to the new ST1s whom we wholeheartedly welcome to the VTS and look forward to working with you over the next 3 years. For new ST1s there will be further information about the initial session to be held on the Thursday afternoon before the residential, venue to be confirmed, but probably at the Alex PGMC. Meantime please make sure you arrange leave to be available from 2pm as we will go over the nuts and bolts of the VTS on that day. 

Now for the main reason for emailing. As we agreed at the feedback meeting at the end of the summer term, we have arranged a residential for the start of this VTS year. This is the important date you have all been waiting for and may not be on the website until Chris returns from his holiday late in August.

Those of you who have been on the VTS a year or two, I expect, are eagerly anticipating another great experience and those who are new will be wondering what the residential will involve. You will have an opportunity to really get to know the group and find out why this is the most important event of our year.

Our aims are to have an opportunity to reform as a group, to begin to get to know the new members, to gain some insights into being a GP, to plan our timetable and to do this in relaxing surroundings.

Please get on and book your book study leave, as it is vital that you attend the residential. You gain most if you stay overnight so we expect you to stay in the hotel, Stourport Manor Hotel,  35 Hartlebury Road Worcestershire, Stourport on Severn ,  DY13 9JA, This is a change of venue from the traditional one and we hope it will be pleasant change. We start at 6pm prompt on Wednesday 21th September and depart at around 5pm on the 22nd. (Apologies that previous dates were wrong - this IS correct.)

There are some important things I need to know for planning purposes. Please complete the following by cutting and pasting it into a reply to me and send your reply as soon as you can. The hotel need final numbers in plenty of time, so reply by 2.9.11.


1. Name


2. Overnight stay  Y/N


3. Please indicate if you wish to share a room Y/N      and with whom ....................


4.  Vegetarian        Y/N


Funding:  For those in GP placements, this comes out of the study leave budget we hold for you but please send a cheque for £50 which will be returned at the residential. You can send the cheque to me, made out to Hereford and Worcester GP Education, at the address below. Those currently working in hospital will be billed and then need to reclaim from your hospital study leave fund. The cost will be £130. This cost is the same whether you are resident or not.

There are always a few who have difficulty finding the hotel, so, if your navigating skills leave something to be desired, I suggest you give yourself plenty of time to get there.

As a tradition we go for a walk after lunch on Thursday, so bring appropriate clothing and your walking boots. If you have time, you may be able to use the leisure facilities including swimming pool while you are there.

Hoping I haven't forgotten any details!

Yours excitedly

 

Gilly

 Course Organisers 

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