Plans for Management of Medical Training Rotations 16 March 2020Īll planned rotations due to take place during the “delay phase” of COVID-19 will cease, with trainees being asked to stay in their present working environment, unless local arrangements allow otherwise, or wider clinical circumstances require it. Therefore, it has been agreed to cease all planned rotations in May, June and July. Postgraduate medical trainees continue to provide a significant contribution to service and are an essential part of plans to support the response to COVID-19. Plans for Management of Medical Training Rotations 8 April 2020 Planned rotations were cancelled for May, June and July as a result of COVID-19. All trainees in Foundation and Core posts will rotate as usual at the start of August. Medical rotations to re-start this summer. For specific information on cancellations and rescheduling of exams please visit your relevant Medical Royal College website.Ī new page has been set up with frequently asked questions for trainees, we will continue to update this page regularly - please come back to keep updated.General Medical Council Coronavirus information and guidance.Academy of Medical Royal Colleges COVID-19 guidance.In addition to HEEs guidance, trainees are encouraged stay up to date with information and guidance from across the system: Supporting the COVID-19 Response: Guidance regarding medical education & training, 10 March 2020.Letter from Professor Wendy Reid to all trainees, 25 March 2020.

Letter and ARCP update from the four Statutory Education Bodies to all trainees, 7 April 2020.Trainee progression in August 2020 and beyond - a letter from the four Statutory Education Bodies to Medical Royal Colleges,.Letter and ARCP update from the four Statutory Education Bodies to all trainees, 3 June 2020.Maintaining Postgraduate Medical Education and Training - Principles for Educational Organisations during Pandemic Surges, 11 September 2020.Enabling Progression at ARCP – UPDATE, 11 September 2020.The four statutory Education Bodies have worked closely together to agree contingency arrangements for postgraduate medical education and training during the COVID-19 outbreak. Guidance for managing postgraduate medical trainees who are shielded due to COVID-19 can be viewed here. Last month, India formed bilateral air bubbles with countries like the US, the UAE, France and Germany under which airlines of both the countries are allowed to operate special international flights with certain restrictions.ĭomestic flights resumed in India from May 25 after a gap of two months due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown.Guidance for trainees who are shielding - 17 July 2020 Private carriers have also operated a certain number of flights under this mission. Since May 6, special international flights have been operated by Air India under the Vande Bharat Mission to help stranded people reach their destinations.

However, special international repatriation flights and international charter flights have been permitted by the aviation regulator DGCA. Scheduled international passenger flights continue to remain suspended in India since March 23 amid the coronavirus pandemic. It said the online forms have been developed in collaboration with various state governments, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of External Affairs. This facility will be available for all international arrival passengers from Saturday. The DIAL said the portal has been termed 'Air Suvidha' and it can be accessed through Delhi airport's official website. 'This process would not only help the flyers, who can seek exemptions, but also the authorities in completing the requisite formalities faster, and reduce congestions at the arrival hall of the airports,' it added. 'Those who would be given exemption from mandatory institutional quarantine can show the same at the transfer area after landing at their respective airports, and walk out hassle-free,' said the DIAL. As per the rules, every passenger has to submit a self-declaration form that they have not tested positive for COVID-19 during the three weeks prior to the flight.Ī copy of approval or rejection of exemption requests on specific grounds will be emailed to the passengers. 'However, there is no such time capping for passengers filling for the self-declaration form,' it added.

Coronavirus self declaration form