Whitby Group Practice

Community Registrar Post 

Dr Zeshan Ali

The community post registrar works 4½ days a week in clinical posts; half of this is with Whitby Group Practice and the other half is gaining experience of Palliative Care based at St Catherine's Hospice, Scarborough. The community post registrar also attends the half day GP registrars' course on Wednesday afternoon at Scarborough. Our registrars usually come to us for 6 months as part of their 3 year Vocational Training Scheme, which also includes 2 years of relevant hospital posts. The community registrar is also a "stand alone" post which may be undertaken by a GP who has already completed vocational training, but who is wishing to gain the further experience that the post offers.

A GP registrar is a fully qualified doctor who is gaining further experience in general practice. As such, registrars are competent to see any patients on their own, but they do always have a partner available for advice if required. They also do a share in the out of hours service provided by the Practice. The community post registrar also does a share of the on-call for St Catherine's Hospice.