title: Primary care trusts. Heavenly body.
abstract: A primary care trust has found that managers value the provision of locum cover for staff to attend multidisciplinary workshops. Evaluation shows that GPs and other staff appreciate protected learning time. If funding can be secured, the workshops will be supplemented with protected learning time in practices.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sutters
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.forename: Gouri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dhillon
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine; D014146:Training Support / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom