In recent years, the UK Foundation Programme has been adapted in order to meet the changing demands of patients, as well as those of foundation year doctors. A broadening of the Foundation Programme in 2014 stipulated that 100% of foundation year doctors should undertake a placement including community care from August 2017.1 Further to this, in 2015, Health Education England set a target that 45% of foundation year trainees should complete a psychiatry placement to gain exposure to mental healthcare.2 However, it is important to recognise that mental health problems do not present just in the psychiatry setting. General practice (GP) and accident and emergency (A&E) are arguably ‘gateways’ to accessing mental healthcare in the National Health Service.
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