About the CDU

The CDU consists of a director, Dr John Derry, careers lead Barbara Wallis, a team of CDU coach/mentors and administrator Maggie Childs.

The CDU coach/mentors are senior Deanery consultants and GPs with extensive educational experience who have been trained to:

• provide individual career help
• give advice to trainers and employers
• facilitate workshops on:
  • career management
  • helping the trainee in difficulty
  • helping the established doctor/dentist in difficulty.

Contacting the CDU

• Email cdu@thamesvalley.hee.nhs.uk . Email sent to this address is completely confidential - messages are routed to the CDU administrator and  checked every working day.
  
• If you wish to speak to the CDU Director on the phone, please email a contact phone number and preferred times to call.
  
• Postal address for sending confidential material: 
  The Director
  Career Development Unit
  Health Education Thames Valley
  The Triangle
  Roosevelt Drive
  Oxford
  OX3 7XP.