About us

BSW Training Hub was formed by merging three separate hubs on 1 April 2020, when three Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) merged to form the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire CCG, now Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon & Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (ICB). The ICB host the BSW Training Hub.

Training Hubs are a ‘go to’ place for information and practical assistance with education, training and development for multi-disciplinary teams working in primary care. All Training Hubs are involved with:

Recruitment and retention of staff
Maximising access to training
Development and support of new roles / new ways of working
Supporting leadership
Wellbeing offers, and so much more!

We meet our goals in a number of ways, examples are:

Our team work with PCNs and practices to support and increase the number of high quality placements available within primary care for pre and post registration students, such as GPs, nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists.
Hosting a free recruitment website for primary care – www.BSWGeneralPracticeJobs.nhs.uk – and promoting NHS primary care careers within local schools and higher education institutions.
Working closely with education providers to ensure that training is available for staff working within primary care teams. In many cases BSW Training Hub funds or subsidises this training through CPD budgets.
Supporting the introduction and further development of new roles within primary care, particularly those introduced as part of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.
Monitoring the workforce numbers in primary care and beyond, and working with practices and PCNs to help supply sufficient staff to ensure high-quality care.
Advise with workforce planning and training needs analysis, to help find which roles best meet the needs of patients and practice population.
Support PCNs to become approved learning environments to enable the governance for placements for a variety of trainees and students.
Work to develop and retain as many staff as possible by providing suitable mentoring programmes, including recruiting and training mentors.

Caitlin Hayton, Training Hub Fellow

Caitlin is a qualified Health Psychologist and works day to day in a GP practice as a Research and Development Lead. Caitlin has a keen interest in Health Psychology and understanding how our physical and mental health interact.

For her fellowship project Caitlin will be working on developing an understanding of the current barriers of young men in up taking HPV vaccinations. She will explore the current research into HPV uptake in this population and the prevalence of head and neck cancers related to HPV. A main goal of the project is to generate collaborative resources with service users and clinicians to improve understanding of HPV risks and to promote behaviours to improve outcomes for health.

Richard Stainton, Training Hub Fellow

Richard is a GP Partner and Trainer at North Swindon Practice and has a keen interest in Lifestyle Medicine.

For his Training Hub fellowship year (2026) he plans to start Group Clinics for long term conditions in his own practice. Once embedded he will then use this as a pioneer site to inspire other practices across BSW to adopt group clinics.

Anna Woodman, Training Hub Fellow

Anna is a portfolio GP working in Wiltshire, who has a keen interest in Metabolic Health.

She joined the Training Hub in January 2026 for a 12 month fellowship to develop a patient education programme called ‘Fuelling your Future’. These group consults aim to reverse type 2 diabetes, reduce blood pressure & normalise cholesterol by following a low carb lifestyle approach.

Hannah Cornish, NQGP Fellowship Deputy-Lead

Hannah is a GP in Wiltshire. Having been a part of the Training Hub’s Newly Qualified Fellowship Scheme, she now helps support and promote the scheme to other newly qualified GPs.

Roger Stead, Senior Project Manager (BEMS)

Roger is Senior Project Manager for BEMS, a GP Federation, working closely with PCNs and Practices across B&NES. His role supports the Training Hub in promoting and facilitating training and education opportunities, and student placements in Primary Care. Roger has 25 years experience in Primary care having worked for 5 years in a PCT and 13 years as a Practice Manager, before joining BEMS in 2018.

Jacqui Simmonds, Legacy Nurse

Jacqui has been a registered nurse for over 40 years of which 20 years has been spent in general practice. She is a Nurse Practitioner, now specialising in respiratory care and staff development. Jacqui has been a member of the Core Project Team working with the AHSN and colleagues to improve asthma diagnosis and management following the deployment of Fractional exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) testing across our BSW region. As a GPN Fellow last year and as part of the Clinical Supervision Project, she utilised clinical supervision to improve networking and support for respiratory nurses across PCNs, particularly around the new diagnostics and pathway.

In her continued work as a GPN Fellow, Jacqui is the first Legacy Nurse across BSW and is delighted to be supporting our Preceptees new to General Practice and their Preceptors over the course of the BSW Preceptorship Programme.

Rachel Cooke, Projects and Governance Lead

Rachel has worked in the NHS for 28 years, the last nine years of which have been in BSW ICB (formally CCG). Her background is administrative management and Rachel is currently the Projects and Governance Lead for the BSW Training Hub. Rachel is involved in a variety of projects within the Training Hub / wider ICB.

Kevin Foreman, AHP, AP, Mentoring + Apprenticeship Lead

Kevin is a healthcare professional with a diverse background in diagnostic radiography, physiotherapy, and health education. With extensive experience across clinical practice and educational leadership, Kevin plays a pivotal role in supporting primary care to access both clinical and non-clinical apprenticeships. He is also actively involved in advancing practice initiatives, helping to shape the future workforce in healthcare. As the Training Hub Lead for Allied Health Professions, Kevin champions interdisciplinary collaboration and professional growth across the sector.

Di Walsh, Programme Lead

Di is the Training Hub Programme Lead with overall responsibility for management and finance. She has worked in the NHS for over 30 years in a variety of key roles linked to learning and education. Di is a qualified coach for professional and executive practice, and has a special interest in colleague health and wellbeing, hence undertaking the additional role of Wellbeing Lead for the Training Hub.

Helen Edwards, Business Support Officer/Admin Lead

Helen has a background in education and has worked in the NHS for 9 years, initially as an administrator within the BSW ICB Quality Team, transferring to the Training Hub in 2020. Helen’s role includes coordinating CPD funding and training, managing UWE modules and facilitating training for non-clinical roles, in particular, administrative staff working in general practice.

Liz Alden, Clinical Lead

Liz works as a portfolio GP in Swindon and is passionate about all things Training Hub. She has over a decade of experience in various local and regional educational roles including working as Training Programme Director for the Swindon GP Training Scheme, and is the recruitment lead for GP training across the Severn footprint. Liz was previously the GP Tutor for Swindon GP Education Trust who provide education and support for GPs and members of the wider multidisciplinary primary care team.

Will Wallage, Co-Clinical Lead & GP TH Lead

Will is a portfolio GP with a particular interest in medical education. He is the Primary care Associate Dean for Quality in the South West with NHS England, a GP appraiser and Education Lead for the Severn Faculty of the Royal College of GPs.

Tina Fear, Nurse Lead

Tina’s background is in general practice nursing, emergency department nursing, health visiting and higher education lecturer. Tina’s role is to encourage newly qualified nurses to consider a career in primary care, the GPN preceptorship scheme and provide updating opportunities for practice nurses.

Jo Sinclair, Newly Qualified GP Lead (NQGP)

Jo is passionate about providing good clinical care to patients and helping all members of the primary care team be equipped, encouraged and supported. She works as a GP in Swindon and has a portfolio career with the Training Hub leading on the Newly Qualified GP scheme, and the BSW mentoring programme. Jo also enjoys her portfolio roles as a GP appraiser and an honorary clinical teacher for the University of Bristol.