About Us

• Started in 2008 by the LMC and local GP educators to put on education meetings for GP members.
• In 2016 Community Education Provider Networks (CEPNs) were created across England as a national drive to help develop the workforce
• SGPET continued to provide most of the education for Somerset’s CEPN
• In line with national guidance, in 2019 Somerset’s CEPN became Somerset Training Hub
• The Training Hub and SGPET work closely together to ensure the education and training offered to primary care in Somerset meets the needs of the expanding workforce roles
•  Annual GP subscriptions funded programmes for practice nurses from 2012.
• Additional funding from Health Education England SW and Somerset Training Hub, to include ARRS new roles means that SGPET is now the main provider of education in Somerset for the whole general practice workforce.
• SGPET provides a large number and range of face to face and online educational events through the year which you can find and search for on the SGPET Courses- Future Events calendar.
• Increasing numbers of courses are now recorded and can be found in Past Events which, with the wide-ranging e-learning resources on the Anytime Learning page means that SGPET can help you learn wherever and whenever you want.

So, whether you are a - GP wanting to keep up to date, an apprentice HCA wanting to find out more about diabetes, a new Health Coach or MSK physiotherapist wanting to learn with other local colleagues, a lead nurse wanting practical advice and support or a paramedic wanting to improve consultations skills- then SGPET has the events and resources and people to help you.

• Our team of educators is multi-professional, our admin team in the LMC is experienced, helpful and understands Somerset primary care and we now have a new Knowledge and Library Specialist, KLS.
• Every week the team produce the SGPET Weekly Update which highlights upcoming events, signposts to new online resources, has a regular Professional Wellbeing article and often shares learning from our educator team.
• All our activities and resources are free to GP members, staff of participating practices and ARRS new roles supported by the Training Hub. Non-members can attend individual meetings with a meeting fee payment
• In recognition of the level of support and investment from HEE, and in order to invest in the future of local general practice, all Somerset GP ST1, 2 and 3 doctors will be honorary members while they are carrying out their GP training.
• We welcome all ideas about how we can develop our events and resources and are always on the lookout for people who want to share an area of expertise or achievement with colleagues through us.

These are challenging times for general practice and the support from colleagues and the LMC and the benefits of learning can help us considerably. Somerset GP Education Trust aims to be an important part of general practice life in Somerset. The LMC and the education team are working hard to ensure this and your support and membership are important.