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We have just signed up to take students for some work placements in general practice as part of Leeds Universities Widening Participation initiative. The Medical School at Leeds is committed to attracting applications with the best potential, regardless of background to apply to become doctors. However a recent British Medical Association survey found that 71% of students accepted into medical school came from the top three socioeconomic classes. This programme hopes to ensure that all applicants have an equal chance of applying to medical school. We are offering a three day placement in general practice. Students to the scheme will have been signposted from school and recruited into the Widening Access to Medical School and The Reach for Excellence schemes run by Leeds University. The placement starts with a seminar at the University covering what students can expect to get out of the placement together with important discussion about the ethical and confidentiality aspects of the p

Last week Dr Lewis and Dr Still left us. Dr Lewis has moved to South Wales to be near to his mother in law as he has a young baby and she is going to help with childcare when his wife returns to work. Dr Lewis has been with us since 2011 and he will be much missed. Dr Still has been doing a maternity locum for Dr Harding. Dr Harding returns in June, but Dr Still was offered a permanent job at a practice where she had been a trainee and accepted it. This was a week before Dr Lewis told us he was leaving otherwise we would have offered Dr Still the job! Dr Still has been with us for nearly two years, have spent her last year in training with us. We wish Dr Lewis and Dr Still all the best for their future career. Dr Laura Darby has joined us for two and half days a week and Dr John Higgins will be doing a Monday afternoon surgery for us from next week. Dr Darby was a trainee on our local GP training scheme and Dr Higgins is a GP and trainer in Castleford and has worked with all of u