Health information for trainees

• You need to inform your colleagues, your consultant and medical staffing if you have to go off sick, and it helps if you keep them informed of your progress.
• The length of sickness absence allowed in each grade before training is affected is:
  • Foundation trainee in F1 and F2: three weeks in a four-month post, four weeks in a six-month post, or a total of four weeks overall in the year.
  • GP trainee: two weeks in a 12-month post
  • Specialty Trainee: three months in total over the period of SpR training before the date of a CCST is affected.
•  Medic Support  is a free confidential counselling service for trainees in the Oxford Deanery and you can self-refer.
• The BMA has pages on reasonable adjustments for disabled medical students and trainees