Penarth Healthcare Partnership has announced that they have been awarded a training practice status.

A GP Registrar or GP trainee is a qualified doctor who is training to become a GP through a period of working and training in a practice.

They will usually have spent at least two years working in a hospital before you see them in a practice and are closely supervised by a senior GP or trainer

PHP said: ''We are proud to announce that we have been made a training practice.

"Today we welcome our first 2 GP registrars, Drs Hussain and Herbert, they will be spending the next 6 months working and learning with us.

"Thank you to Dr Clark and Dr Shan for their hard work in making this happen."

As a teaching practice, patients may also meet medical students in the surgery or accompanying the doctor on their calls.

helping qualified doctors, known as registrars, complete the final stages of their GP Training.

Penarth Healthcare Partnership is a merger of two existing surgeries in the town.

When this merger was completed two partners and one salaried GP were recruited.

All three GPs sighted the opportunity of working in a large practice, the potential of an MDT approach, and the practice being a GP training practice and undergraduate teaching centre of excellence as a few of the reasons they were attracted to the role.