We provide all clinical equipment required for your placement and refreshments are available.

You should bring your own stationery and any course paperwork that you need to complete.

You are not required to wear a uniform for your placement unless your university requires you to.

All students should dress in a professional manner and maintain a neat appearance.

No jeans please.

Students will need to obtain their own testing kits from high street pharmacies.

You may still be able to get free rapid lateral flow tests from your local pharmacy if you’re eligible for COVID-19 treatments.

You can also buy both types of COVID-19 tests from shops and pharmacies, including online.

On your first day you should attend KEC and be ready to begin your induction at 9am.

Start and finish times during your placement will depend on the specific activity scheduled for the day and you will be advised of these on your personalised placement timetable.

If you are unable to attend your placement, you should notify KEC at the earliest opportunity by telephoning the office on

020 3405 8631.

If you are due at another practice that day, you should also contact the person you should be meeting, and you should also follow your university’s own absence reporting procedure.

Facilities are available to make hot drinks and there are a fridge and microwave for students to use.

There is very limited parking available on-site at KEC but free parking is available in the surrounding streets such as Dukes Avenue.

Busses: 213 (from Kingston or Sutton); X26 (from Heathrow or Croydon); 151 (from Tooting or Kingston)

Trains: New Malden Rail Station (5 minutes’ walk away from KEC) – regular trains from London Waterloo, Vauxhall, Clapham Junction, Wimbledon, Surbiton

At Kingston Education Centre we are committed to ensuring that our service is accessible to all students and we are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure that every student has a positive and valuable experience.

If you have an accessibility requirement, we would encourage you to contact us prior to the start of your placement to discuss any adjustments that you may need. Contacting us in advance of your placement will allow us time to put in place any required adjustments ahead of your first day

Concerns about your placement: If you have a concern about any aspect of your placement, you should speak to the duty supervisor in the first instance, who will usually be able to quickly resolve the issue.

You may also wish to speak to your university tutor about any issues that cannot be resolved by the KEC Duty Supervisor.