DEEP End Opportunities

Health Equity GP Fellowship Program

JOB TITLE: Health Equity Fellow DURATION: 12 months (1 session per week) COMMENCEMENT: September 25th 2026 REMUNERATION: Bursary of £9,000 per year REPORTING TO: Program Leads

In 2019, Hammersmith and Fulham Training Hub started a program to support frontline staff
working in socio-economically deprived areas. Based on the principles of the successful
Glasgow ‘GPs at the Deep End’ scheme, it has since been delivered pan-London, won the
HSJ Partnership Award for ‘Most Impactful Program Addressing Health Inequalities’ and is
now open for another cohort of applications from NW London GPs.
This offer has been expressly designed to support GPs based in NW London with an interest
in health equity to develop the skills, knowledge, connections, and confidence to lead on
creating fairer systems and healthier places. We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic
individuals who can take principles from the scheme and apply them in their workplace and
Primary Care Networks (PCNs).
The fellowship runs over 12 months, involves working closely with training hub and PCN
colleagues, and provides a weekly session of funded time for three elements:
– Developing advocacy, coaching and change skills
– Developing knowledge of deprivation healthcare and systems theory
– Developing connections: within PCNs, between organizations and across systems

The year builds foundations and involves fortnightly workshops that follow an evidence-based
curriculum that explore common themes within ‘deprivation healthcare’. These focus on
practical change and are augmented by coaching, peer support, mentorship from an
experienced ‘deep end’ GP and visits- e.g. to food bank or homeless health services. The
workshop schedule is available via this link.

You will be connected to previous cohorts to form part of a larger group for peer support and
to help consolidate skills and progress projects beyond the funded year. You will also receive
training in change methodology to Practitioner level through the nationally recognized Quality,
Service Improvement and Redesign ‘QSIR’ program.

Program aims and eligibility
In addition to developing individuals and services, the program aims to build a collegiate
support culture between practices caring for deprived communities, and by connecting GPs
will grow a network of leads within NW London. Workshops will also provide an opportunity to
meet and hear from people facing similar challenges in other parts of London and beyond.
To be eligible you must therefore:

Academic recognition
As part of the program, you will be enrolled onto the LSBU ‘deprivation healthcare’ module.
This provides 40 credits at level 7 (MSc), is multi-disciplinary and pan-sector, and will enable
you to connect with colleagues from across London as part of the cohort.
The workshop series forms the basis of the module content, and the course assessments
have been designed to support change work that is practical, focused on health equity and
relevant to the context of the participant.
This is the only academic course of its kind in London and is oversubscribed. Acceptance onto
the Fellowship program guarantees a place on the module, with course fees fully funded.

• Hold a substantive clinical post within a PCN in NW London facing blanket or significant
  pocket deprivation
• Not already be on an existing fellowship scheme
• Be able to commit to the time requirements and duration of the program

Although the workshops are open to all, clinical or non-clinical, this funded opportunity is
restricted to GPs. It is open to GPs of any level of seniority and is being allocated based on
there being one place per Borough for the whole ICS. If additional funding becomes available
and each ‘Borough GP post’ is filled, places will be allocated based on distribution of
deprivation and quality of application.
To have this level of support and development for this duration is a rare opportunity, so we
are looking for GPs who are rooted in their communities and have a passion for creating fairer
systems. This is not an ICS level position, there will be no requirement to attend ICB meetings,
we are supporting GPs who want to undertake practical, community-based change.

Expectations
Participants are expected to attend workshops and action learning sets with peers. These will
rotate around different locations across the ICS, so there is an aspiration that they will help
promote sessions and involve colleagues when delivered from their locality.
Participants are also expected to undertake a change project related to health equity, this
can be an area of personal interest or a PCN priority, but must relate to deprivation, be
primary care based, and have wider applicability so others can benefit from the learning.

Remuneration.
Remuneration will be via bursary, paid retrospectively. This is not a salaried post, so there is
no leave entitlement or sick pay.