Our Locality Training Hubs
The Cheshire & Merseyside Training Hub is made up of six Locality Training Hubs to cover the below geographical areas:
- East & West Cheshire
- South Cheshire & Vale Royal
- Liverpool
- The Wirral
- Sefton, Southport & Formby
- St Helens, Warrington, Knowsley & Halton
The Hubs work together to form a multidisciplinary team of clinical, managerial and administrative professionals supporting Primary Care Teams and Networks across the patch.
Liverpool Locality Training Hub
Liverpool LocalityTraining Hub is designed to meet the educational needs of the multi-disciplinary primary care workforce across the 10 Liverpool PCNs. We coordinate student nurse placements, support practice colleagues with workforce planning and oversee non-medical student capacity across the Liverpool area. We work collaboratively with the other 5 training hubs across Cheshire & Merseyside. Our aim is to help develop and shape the Primary care workforce by supporting practices to explore new roles and become educational environments for our future workforce.
Sefton Locality Training Hub
Sefton Locality Training Hub is designed to meet the educational needs of the multi-disciplinary primary care team across Sefton. The hub is responsible for the placement of Physical Associate students across Cheshire and Merseyside, and student nurse placements across our patch.
Wirral Locality Training Hub
Wirral Locality Training Hub is 1 of 6 Training Hubs in The Cheshire & Merseyside Primary Care Academy, offering support and educational needs to ‘out of hospital’ care workforce requirements.
The Wirral Hub coordinates student nurse placements across 17 Wirral practices, covering 6 Primary Care Networks. Our mission is to strengthen the future NHS workforce by creating a stronger educational scene in Primary Care.
Cheshire Locality Training Hub
The Cheshire Locality Training Hub supports the 18 Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and 79 GP practices with workforce planning, specifically focusing on education and training. We also work closely with the integrated care partnerships and other providers to help facilitate the best learning opportunities and outcomes for students and the current workforce. We are especially keen to promote student placement opportunities in Primary and community care.
Cheshire Locality Training Hub
Cheshire Locality Training Hub covers the South Cheshire and Vale Royal footprint. We support 6 Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and 18 GP practices. We coordinate placements for a variety of trainees and support the Primary care teams within these placements to ensure quality learning environments. We work collaboratively with the other Training Hubs across Cheshire & Merseyside and have a particular focus on supporting newly qualified and nurses new to General Practice through our Preceptorship Programme, this is a level 6 accredited programme supported by the University of Buckingham. The aim of this programme is to provide quality, standardised patient care and promote primary care as a first destination career choice.
Spinney Locality Training Hub
Spinney Locality Training Hub serves all practices across St Helens, Knowsley, Halton and Warrington. We are aligned to 14 Primary Care Networks within those boroughs. We oversee non-medical student capacity, support practice and PCN colleagues with workforce planning and supporting new roles and becoming educational environments for our future workforce.
Training Hub & Programme Leads
Trish Atkinson
Cheshire & Merseyside Chief Training Hub Officer and Cheshire Locality Training Hub Lead
Katie Power
Spinney Group Business Manager, Cheshire & Merseyside Chief Training Hub Officer, Spinney Training Hub Director
Hub Managers
Grant Spry
Senior Programme Manager
Jennine Edge
Sunlight Practice Manager & Training Hub Manager
Tricia Vickers
Grosvenor Practice Manager & Training Hub Manager
Rachel Cross
Clinical Lead & Placement Development Lead for Liverpool
Faye Horobin
Cheshire Training Hub Project Manager
Bex Colyer
Wirral Training Hub & Project Manager
Sarah Amin
Sefton Training Hub Manager
Rebecca Stiles
Brownlow Training Hub Manager
Erica Box
Spinney Project & Operations Manager
Placement Development Leads (PDLs)
Heather Glover
Placement Development Lead: East & West Cheshire
Lorraine Hughes
Placement Development Lead: South Cheshire & Vale Royal
Maggi Bradley
Placement Development Lead: South Sefton, Southport & Formby
Deborah Holden
Nursing Associates Programme Lead & Practice Education Facilitator
Louise Smyth
Placement Development Lead: The Wirral
Alison Robson
Placement Development Lead: St Helens, Halton, Knowsley & Warrington
Joanne Scriven
Primary Care Quality & GPN Lead
Shaun Meehan
Placement Development Lead (PA / GP Mentor)
Administrators & Coordinators
Kerry Corscadden
Spinney Administrator
Michelle Boote
South Cheshire & Vale Royal Coordinator
Falan Barton
Cheshire Administrator & Placement Coordinator
Craig Williams
Sefton Administrator & Placement Coordinator
Jess Owen
Project Coordinator
Clarisse James
Project Support Officer
Alex Duckers
Marketing Administrator
Rachel Whitehead
PA to Hub Leads
Tamar Greenall
Spinney Training Hub Coordinator