We are responsible for postgraduate medical and dental training in London. Our job is to improve the quality of patient care by ensuring the supply of doctors and dentists who are educated, trained and motivated to play their part in a first class modern health service. We aim to do this in a way that is responsive to the government's national objectives for health and social care, the local context in which these doctors and dentists work, and the changing needs and expectations of the patients they serve.

Our Purpose

• To commission postgraduate medical and dental education, to standards set by the General Medical and Dental Councils
• To manage postgraduate medical and dental education, and assure its quality
• To implement national policies on postgraduate medical and dental education, and workforce planning and development
• To contribute to multi-professional workforce planning and development through workforce development confederations
• To maintain a database of doctors and dentists in training
• To ensure equality of opportunity in recruitment and progress through training programmes
• To ensure that the performance and progress of all doctors and dentists in training is regularly, reliably and fairly assessed and recorded
• To provide appropriate careers information, advice, counselling and/or assistance for doctors and dentists and facilitate training for those with special needs
• To make a contribution to the strategic thinking of NHS London using both our educational perspective and the intelligence we get from our networks.