What is a Deanery? Within the UK there are currently (2010) 16
NHS Deaneries, 1 Armed Forces. Deaneries are organisations
responsible for the management of postgraduate medical training
programmes which start with Foundation programmes and span the
whole of specialty training until the completion of a
Certificate of Completed Training (CCT). Deaneries are also
responsible for the delivery of post- graduate medical education
and for the continuing professional development of all doctors
and dentists. This includes ensuring that all training posts
provide the necessary opportunities for doctors and dentists in
training to realise their full potential and provide high
quality patient care. Deaneries also provide the infrastructure
to recruit to medical training programmes and manage the
programmes to standards which are 1) agreed by The Royal
Colleges 2) established in curricula and quality Assured by the
GMC. In order to fulfil this task they have highly experienced
teams in all aspects of medical education and