Last month saw the Annual Deanery Quality Meeting (ADQM) for NCIC, and the Trust received excellent feedback for the education and training we provide.

NHS England is responsible for postgraduate medical, dental, and multi-professional training. The ADQM is a regulatory meeting to discuss the quality of education and training across all learner groups, based on feedback from trainees and trainers and looking performance, processes, and results.

The feedback highlighted NCICs commitment to high-quality training, excellent supervision, and a supportive learning environment for our clinical workforce meaning NCIC is a great place to train.

The visiting team commented on improvements over the last ten years with the overall view that NCIC is doing a great job and has managed to achieve stability and “steady state”. They reported that they are confident in NCIC programmes and in coming to NCIC with new initiatives.

The North Cumbria School of Generalism course was recognised as a superb NCIC development. The School is open to all our staff, clinical or otherwise from any provider or discipline across north Cumbria. Generalism involves taking a holistic approach to the health and wellbeing of both individuals and the wider population.

The feedback for medical education and training included:

  • The team were commended for very positive feedback by trainers in the 2024 GMC National Training Survey, especially with respect to having “time to train”. This was some of the best feedback in the region.  
  • NCIC also received some of the best feedback in the region for supporting resident doctors in their new roles
  • NCIC has a lead for Learning Environments and Culture in place, meaning that any early issues can be quickly identified and interventions put in place. This is working well and, along with our other support structures, the training experience is positive for our doctors

Feedback for the nurse, midwife, AHP, and pharmacy clinical education team was also positive:

  • The practice education team have introduced a coaching approach for student nurses, additional placement opportunities offered to our learners, and peripatetic support within the clinical areas.  
  • The deanery were pleased to note our very good learner experience survey responses and how safe our learners feel.

Sexual safety:

  • From the NCIC trainee survey, NCIC was rated one of the top trusts in the region for sexual safety for our resident doctors.  Whilst we recognise this response we want to progress this further and continue with improvements that ensure NCIC is a safe place to work.

Professor Sam Dearman Director of Medical Education said:

“This year’s feedback and report from NHS England reflects the dedication of our teams and trainers towards safe, supportive, and inspiring learning environments. It is extremely important that we recognise the things that we are all good at as well as our challenges, and that high quality education and training is part of our organisational identity.”