What is the flexible training approval form?
All flexible trainees must fill in an approval form at least two months before the start of the post. This form confirms that the post has educational approval, and trust approval, and by signing it the flexible training office confirms any funding that has been agreed. • The form must be completed, whether or not the flexible training budget is • funding the post. • We reserve the right to refuse retrospective funding if the approval form is • submitted late. • Starting a post before a form has been completed is at the risk of the trainee and the trust, both educationally (because the funding for the post will cease immediately if the post is subsequently found not to be a recognised educational post) and financially (because the Deanery may not have the funding for the post). • A new form must be completed for every move to a new post, or every year, whichever occurs earlier. Each new form must be submitted two months before the start date.
