The Placement
Management Partnership
Summary of the Placement Management
Partnership
Contents
What is the Placement Management Partnership? .................................................................................. 3
Information for placement providers ......................................................................................................... 4
Information for physiotherapy students ..................................................................................................... 5
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What is the Placement Management Partnership?
The Placement Management Partnership (PMP) is a centralised online system organising placements
for students studying NHS London contracted programmes in the Allied Health professions. This covers
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Occupational Therapy
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Physiotherapy
Podiatry
Speech and Language Therapy
The placement management online system has been developed to incorporate all the requirements for
each discipline. The web address is http://www.pmpartnership.org.uk
The database contains information relating to each participating HEI, these are:
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Brunel University
Canterbury Christ Church University
City University
London South Bank University
King’s College London
Kingston University & St George’s University London
Oxford Brookes University
University College London
University of East London
It also contains all information relating to the NHS Trusts and their providers.
The main aim of the system is to obtain and report on placement demand, availability and uptake. The
information on the database is continuously updated through regular communication between the PMP
Team, HEIs and clinical contacts.
The PMP team is located in Sheffield and will help coordinate clinical placements for all disciplines; the
key contacts are:
 Physiotherapy – Charlotte Adams
 Occupational Therapy – Ann Butler
 Podiatry – Ann Butler
 Speech and Language Therapy – Sarah Watts
The HEI staff are also responsible for providing the placement demand and information relating to their
own students.
The Providers are responsible for providing the placement availability by responding to the placement
demand. This is done with the Request and Offer facility on the PMP website.
For pre placement information e.g. recommended reading, please visit the required provider page and
access the information via the documents page.
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Information for placement providers
If you are new to the PMP system, please contact PMP by email or telephone on:
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support.pmpartnership@tribalgroup.com
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Tel. 0844 811 5037
The PMP team will provide a unique log-in and information about how to upload your placement offers for
your chosen HEI(s). When the offer is made live it then becomes accessible to the HEI for allocation.
It is also helpful if you can provide specific placement information to PMP. This includes;
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Clinical educator (and clinical coordinator)details as appropriate
Location of placement
Travel information and access
Specific considerations (e.g. working hours, uniform requirements, normal meal breaks etc)
Availability of accommodation (and contact for this)
Specific reading lists or preparatory information
Oversubscribed and non-allocated placements
On some occasions we have a number of surplus offers so any placements that are not used by the HEI
will be ‘opened’ to the other London HEI’s. Acceptance of the placement change will be discussed by the
HEI or PMP team with the placement provider.
Contact with placement providers
HEI’s will continue to liaise closely with placement providers to discuss students who have specific clinical
education requirements. Please ensure that you update your contact details regularly.
Documentation and auditing process
All London HEI’s will continue to use the standard clinical placement assessment.
Audits are now to be completed online via the PMP system. You will be notified by email if you are asked
to complete an Audit.
Senior Lecturer Practice Education and Clinical Co-ordinator at Kingston University and St
George’s University of London will also respond to any queries around the PMP.
Please contact Mary Jane Cole m.cole@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
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Information for physiotherapy students
Allocation of clinical placement blocks
As a student at a London University your physiotherapy clinical placements will be allocated by the
clinical education team through the placement management partnership (PMP) system.
What do I need to do?
When the clinical education team at your HEI have confirmed your clinical placement, you will receive an
e mail from PMP. It will look like this;
You will also receive a unique ‘log-in’ and password for the PMP site. Please do not share this
information as it will be yours for the duration of your clinical training and will allow you to access your
placement profiles and audit information.
Contact your placement provider as detailed in the email message and use your additional information to
help in your preparation for the placement area.
Please remember it is good practice to use your University e mail address for all issues pertaining
to your physiotherapy training.
If you are unclear about the placement location or information relating to your placement, please
contact your clinical education team at your HEI.
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Documentation and audit process
All physiotherapy students who are training at a London HEI will use a standardised Clinical Placement
Assessment Form. These forms will be provided by your university.
Feedback
Your clinical experience is an integral part of your training to be a Physiotherapist and we are keen to
hear about your placement experience. The PMP system provides an ‘online’ student questionnaire
which must be completed after each clinical placement block. This information is visible to your HEI so
they can use the information provided to evaluate the placement experience at a particular placement
provider. Please note the questionnaires are anonymous – the placement provider doesn’t have access
to your answers unless you download the completed questionnaire and send it to them.
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