Designs and delivers personalised English language courses for individuals and for groups of professionals.

Why I love to teach English

I started one-to-one lessons with a Romanian student in November 2018, having met her  in 2017 as one of a group of new EU nurses at Chesterfield hospital. I live two hours by car from her, so we decided to do classes by Skype with the occasional face-to-face class at her home. Although she was…

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The National NHS Trust Procurement Directory

We are delighted to announce that, as a result of the English language training courses we have designed and delivered for the NHS since 2013, we have been invited to be included in ‘The National NHS Trust Procurement Directory’. You will soon be able to find us in the directory under these service categories: English…

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Effective Customised English Courses for Overseas Nurses?

We have recently finished a three month course for a group of thirty-four European Staff Nurses and Healthcare Assistants at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. More than fifty people were in fact assessed before deciding who would benefit most from the course and to use the available budget wisely. The people who did the…

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Update on Grammar Course for Key Stage One and Two English Teachers

The pilot course went ahead as planned and was very well-received. The superb feedback provided by the course’s 20 delegates has enabled us to make the course even more accessible and practical for teachers. The course now includes many more resources that can be used with pupils to teach the statutory grammar areas of the…

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Launch of Grammar Course for Key Stage One and Two English Teachers

The launch of our English grammar course to help teachers at Key Stages One and Two to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum is on schedule for November 2016. A pilot is taking place on the 23rd of November at a school in East Yorkshire to ensure that the course meets teachers’ needs when…

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Specify up to 50% of the content of our NHS English for EU Nurses courses

NHS Trusts are finding that more improvement of their EU nurses’ English is still needed. GPC Language Training is working with Trusts who are facing this problem: our solution is for them to specify up to 50% of a course’s content. Following an upgraded individual diagnostic assessment, we will sit down with both your nursing…

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Praise indeed

It’s so fulfilling when something you have worked hard at comes to fruition. I got back from holiday to an inbox crammed with emails, but one caught my eye immediately; its title ‘exam results’. It was from one of my recent students and read “I am extremely glad to inform you that I have passed…

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English Language Training Courses and Resources for Overseas NHS Staff – by gpclanguagetraining.com

A summary of what is available for overseas NHS Nurses, HCAs and APs. Courses are delivered at your site at times to suit your staff. IELTS Examination Preparation Course Aimed at HCAs and APs who could progress to Staff Nurse. Intensive small-group classes. Course length as needed. Experienced tutors Common Nursing Scenarios Training Resource Role-plays…

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IELTS Classes for NHS Trusts

The NMC’s introduction of mandatory IELTS band 7.0 certification for Staff Nurses whose first language isn’t English has helped us to expand the range of courses we offer to NHS Trusts Teaching colleagues past and present who are experts in teaching and assessing for the IELTS examination have been invaluable in training us and guiding…

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Improving the Professional English Skills of Overseas Nurses Working in the NHS

I have just successfully finished my first contract for the English National Health Service (NHS) teaching English to staff nurses from Spain and Portugal. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust (WAHT) has recruited staff nurses from Spain and Portugal. These nurses already have a very competent level of English, but to speed up their contribution to the…

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