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East of England
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

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Hospital Profile

 

Addenbrooke’s Hospital is an internationally renowned 1000-bed teaching hospital with one of the most extensive surgical departments in the country. Within General Surgery, there is Colorectal, UGI (Benign/Malignant), HPB, Transplant, Breast/Endocrine and Vascular Surgery. Addenbrooke’s Hospital is also a major regional trauma unit receiving trauma directly and via transfer from peripheral hospital within East of England by ambulance or helicopter (HEMS).

 

The hospital is affiliated with Cambridge University and is home to the university’s Clinical School. There are strong academic opportunities within the hospital including formal postgraduate research during surgical training.  Addenbrooke’s Hospital often hosts regional general surgery registrar teaching days throughout the year as well as relevant courses and FRCS examinations.

 

 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers

 

Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB):

  • Large HPB unit performing open and minimally invasive oncological resections.

  • The unit performs 140 liver resections, and 120 pancreatic resections a year. In addition to providing RFA treatment for liver tumours.

  • Consultants: Mr Raaj Praseedom, Mr Asif Jah, Mr Emmanuel Huguet, Mr Simon Harper, Mr Siong Seng Liau, Ms Anita Balakrishnan, Mr Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis, Mr Jack Martin.

Transplant:

  • Internationally renowned transplant unit performing kidney, liver, pancreas and multivisceral transplantation.

  • Consultants: Mr Rohit Gaurav, Mr Dominic Summers, Professor Michael Nicholson, Mr Gavin Pettigrew, Mr Paul Gibbs, Mr Andrew Butler, Mr Kourosh Saeb-Parsy, Mr Neil Russell, Miss Irum Amin.

UGI:

  • A busy unit delivering minimally invasive, Hybrid, open oesophagectomy and D2 total Gastrectomy, (80-100) cancer resection per annum.

  • Complex laparoscopic hiatal surgery and regional emergency complex benign OG cover.

  • Consultants: Mr Richard Hardwick (Speciality Lead UGI), Mr Peter Safranek, Mr Vijayendran Sujendran, Mr Andrew Hindmarsh, Mr John Bennett ( Speciality Lead Emergency GI Surgery), Mr Stavros Gourgiotis, Mr Robert O’Neil.

Colorectal:

  • Colorectal cancer and benign service including pouch surgery, pelvic exenterations and advanced abdominal wall reconstructive procedures.

  • Consultants: Miss Nicola Fearnhead, Mr Justin Davies, Mr Jonathan Morton, Mr Michael Powar, Mr James Wheeler, Mr Heman Joshi, Miss Ioanna Panagiotopoulou, Mr Atanu Pal, Mr Constantinos Similis and Miss Elizabeth Tweedle.

Breast:

  • Busy breast unit performing cancer and benign cases. Advanced oncoplastic procedures in joint with Plastics.

  • Consultants: Professor Benson, Mr Amit Agrawal, Mr Parto Forouhi.

Vascular:

  • Established vascular unit performing wide range of arterial, venous and carotid procedures.

  • Consultants: Mr Manjit Gohel, Mr Seamus Harrison, Mr Patrick Coughlin, Mr Wijewardana, Mr Ambler, Mr Kreckler, Mr Mughal and Ms  Hildebrand.

 

 

 

SpR Rota information

 

10 NTN registrars and 6 non-NTN registrars

On call commitments include 12 hour day and night on call shifts.

 

 

Rota manager/Annual & study leave contact

 

Rota run by SpR/consultant in each individual subspecialty

Postgraduate administrator (for leave):         pgmcstudyleaveadmin@medschl.cam.ac.uk

 

 

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:     Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ

Switchboard:     01223 245151

On site parking available for staff as well as multiple Park & Ride sites

On-site hospital accommodation is available on application. Contact Sanctuary Housing for further information regarding accommodation application – 01223 404800.

There is also on site gym/health facilities, social club and a supermarket/food court within the main building.

Direct public transport links via bus and train. Cambridge train station is 2 miles from the hospital with direct Bus services available.

Hospital easily accessible via M11

Basildon Hospital, Basildon

 

Hospital Profile

 

Basildon University Hospital is a District General Hospital based in Basildon and provides healthcare services to 405,000 people residing in South Essex. It offers a wide range of general surgical procedures and has an experienced vascular unit which performs complex cases with onsite cardiothoracic support.

 

 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers

 

UGI:

  • Benign UGI services, particularly laparoscopic cholecystectomies.
  • Consultants: Mr Stavros Karamanakos.

Colorectal:

  • Colorectal cancer and benign service (5 consultants)
  • Consultants: Ms Bryony Lovett, Mr Hugo Taylor, Mr Laeeq Khan.

Breast:

  • Large breast unit performing cancer and benign cases.
  • Consultants: Mr Denniswayne Chicken.

Vascular:

  • Established vascular unit (3 consultants) performing wide range of venous and arterial procedures.
  • Performs complex vascular procedures with onsite cardiothoracic surgeons. Also provide regional cover for vascular one day a week and allocated weekends.   
  • Consultants: Mr Shiva Dindyal, Mr Vijay Gadhvi, Mr Jayachandra Menon.

 

 

 

SpR Rota information

 

4 NTN registrars and 5 non-NTN registrars

On call commitments include 12 hour day and night on call shifts with separate registrar covering CEPOD (emergency operating) during working hours

 

 

Rota manager/study leave contact

 

Mercedes Harrison                   Telephone:     01268 524900 (x8574)                  Email:     mercedes.harrison@btuh.nhs.uk

 

 

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:     Nether Mayne, Basildon, SS16 5NL

Switchboard:     01268 524900

On site parking available for staff

Direct public transport links to mainline railway station from Basildon Train station

Hospital easily accessible via A13

Bedford Hospital, Bedford

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Hospital Profile

 Bedford Hospital is a part of Bedfordshire NHS Foundation trust

It is a 400-bed district general hospital that serves a population residing in North and Mid Bedfordshire. The general surgical department is a long-standing training unit within the East of England deanery with many previous trainees having trained there. The hospital hosts a busy surgical department including a well-established vascular service. 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers 

UGI:

  • Benign unit. Perform lap cholecystectomies, hernia surgeries and anti-reflux procedures.
  • Consultants: Mr Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Miss Hina Khan

Colorectal:

  • Colorectal cancer service. Cancer and benign procedures including IBD surgeries, laparoscopic and Robotic assisted surgeries, well established upper and lower GI endoscopic training centre.
  • Consultants: Miss Katharine Bevan (cross site colorectal lead), Mr Kanapathi Rajaratnam (surgical Tutor), Mr Yuksel Gercek, Mr James Wilde, Mr Majid Bassuni, Mr Khalid Canna.

Breast:

  • Cancer and benign service including thyroid/parathyroid procedures, including reconstruction surgeries liaising with good plastic unit
  • Consultants: Mr Habib Charfare, M Masoom Muttalib

Vascular:

  • Established vascular unit that performs arterial and venous procedures.
  • Consultants: Mr Arindam Chaudhuri, Mr Tapan Mehta, Mr Nadim Noor, Ms Leslie Fiengo, Mr Simon Ray-Chaudhuri

 SpR Rota information 

4 NTN registrars (2 placed in colorectal, 1 in vascular, and the other one in upper GI and breast combined unit) and 7 non-NTN registrars

On call commitments include 12 hour shifts, four days on weekdays and three days on the weekends (day and night).  

Rota manager/study leave contact

 

Mr Sam Hollis                    Telephone:     Available through switchboard                      Email:     Sam.Hollis@bedfordhospital.nhs.uk

Travel/geographical information 

Address:     Kempston Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9DJ

Switchboard:     01234 355122

On site parking available for staff and Park & Ride Scheme

The nearest train station is Bedford station (10-15 minute walk), Hospital is accessible via M1

Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford

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Hospital Profile

 

Broomfield Hospital is an 800 bed District General Hospital based in Chelmsford (Essex) and forms part of the Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust. It provides elective and emergency healthcare to 380,000 people residing locally in Chelmsford, Maldon and Braintree. It also provides a regional service for Oesophago-Gastric, Burns/Plastics and Head & Neck surgery. The hospital has a strong reputation for surgical training in a range of sub-specialties for core level and higher surgical trainees.

 

 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers

 

UGI:

  • Oesophago-Gastric cancer regional unit.
  • Training opportunities include laparoscopic CBD explorations, advanced hiatal hernias cases (including robotic), gastric pacemakers and advanced endoscopic therapeutics (HALO, EMR/ESD).
  • Consultants: Mr Venkatesh Jayanthi, Mr Cheuk Bong Tang, Mr Bruno Lorenzi, Mr Sri Kadirkamanathan.

Colorectal:

  •  Colorectal cancer service. This department also performs robotic resections, advanced abdominal wall reconstruction and pelvic floor procedures.
  • Consultants: Ms Gemma Conn, Mr Thomas Pearson, Mr Toby Hammond, Mr Shahab Siddiqi.

Breast: 

  • Busy unit with advanced oncoloplastic training opportunities. One of the busiest DIEP units in Europe.
  • Consultants:  Mr Simon Smith, Ms Sascha Dua, Ms Gill Clayton.

Vascular:

  • Established vascular unit performing wide range of venous and arterial procedures. Also provide regional covers every Mondays along with rotating weekends. 
  • Consultants: Mr Manfred Ramirez, Mr Ioannis Prionidis.

 

 

SpR Rota information

 

4 NTN registrars and 7 non-NTN registrars

On call commitments include 12 hour day and night on call shifts with separate SEW (Surgical Emergency Ward) cover shifts

 

 

Rota manager/study leave contact

 

Sandra Sullman                    Telephone:     01245 516889                    Email:     Sandra.Sullman@meht.nhs.uk

 

 

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:     Court Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7ET

Switchboard:     01245 362000

On site parking available for staff with further Park & Ride 

Direct public transport links to mainline railway station from Chelmsford Train station (direct to London Liverpool Street)

Nearest motorway is M11 (Junction 8). Hospital is close to A131.

Colchester General Hospital, Colchester

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Hospital Profile

 

Colchester General Hospital is a 763-bed district general hospital managed by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Clinical services provided by Colchester General Hospital have merged with Ipswich Hospital in delivering high quality healthcare to the surrounding population. The surgical department is nationally renowned for general surgical training and attracts a vast number of post-CCT fellows for advanced sub-specialty training particularly in Colorectal and minimally invasive surgery. The globally recognised ICENI centre is an on site surgical training unit that delivers high quality laparoscopic courses and other non-technical courses as well as hosting international conferences.

 

 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers

 

UGI:

  • Benign procedures – including laparoscopic CBD exploration, hiatal/anti-reflux procedure, laparoscopic adrenalectomy.
  • Consultants: Ms Joanna Reed,  Mr Don Menzies

Colorectal:

  • Colorectal cancer and IBD service. Cancer and IBD services. Includes pelvic floor and pouch procedures.
  • Consultants: Ms Nienke Warnaar, Ms Sharmila Gupta, Mr Gregory Wynn, Mr Matthew Tutton, Mr Bassam Bekdash, Mr Mark Bullock, Mr Mark Hammond, Mr Ralph Austin, Mr Tan Arulampalam, Mr Vijitha Halahakoon, Mr Subash Vasudevan

Breast:

  • Breast surgery with implant-based reconstruction.
  • Consultants: Rosamond Jacklin, Sekharan Chandrasekharan, Peter Liptay-Wagner, Simon Marsh, Sunita Saha.

Vascular:

  • Complex vascular procedures performed including laparoscopic aortic aneurysm repairs and complex EVAR procedures. Only take vascular trainees at present.
  • Comsultants: Mr Sohail Choksy, Mr Adam Howard, Mr Abdusalam Abu-Own

 

 

SpR Rota information

 

2 NTN registrars and 8 non-NTN registrars

On call 12 hour shifts (Day and Night) with additional registrar covering the weekend ward round (8-12 am)

 

 

Rota manager/Annual & study leave contact

 

Shaun Field                          Telephone:     01206 747474 Ext 5384                      Email:     Shaun.Field@colchesterhospital.nhs.uk

Jade Rees                            Telephone:     01206 747474 Ext 5384                      Email:     Jade.rees@colchesterhospital.nhs.uk

 

 

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:     Turner Road, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5JL

Switchboard:     01206 747474

On site parking available for staff.

Direct public transport links: 1 mile away from Colchester train station

Hospital accessible via A134

Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon

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Hospital Profile

Hinchingbrooke Hospital is a small 304-bed district general hospital located in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. The hospital is managed by the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. It has a well established general surgical unit who provide a wide array of surgical procedures. The department hold an interactive local surgical forum meeting once a month covering academia and non-technical skills for surgeons.

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers

UGI:

  • Benign UGI services including laparoscopic CBD exploration and anti-reflux surgery.
  • Consultants: Mr Filippo Di Franco, Mr Jason George, Mr Adrian Harris.

Colorectal:

  • Colorectal cancer and benign service including pouch and transanal procedures.
  • Consultants: Mr David Mitchell, Mr Vimal Hariharan, Miss Meara Dean, Miss Bilku.

Breast:

  • Breast unit performing cancer and benign cases.
  • Consultants: Mr Rudwan Adi, Mr Shaukat Mirza.

There are 9 consultants overall, these include 3 UGI, 4 Colorectal, 2 Breast.

SpR Rota information

2 NTN registrars and 6 non-NTN registrars.

On call commitments include 12 hour day and night on call. On call room with shower/toilet available overnight (free).

Rota manager/study leave contact

Khyati Jadva
Telephone: 01480 442895
Email: khyati.jadva@nhs.net

Travel/geographical information

Address:

Hinchingbrooke Park
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 6NT
Switchboard: 01480 416416

On site parking available for staff. The nearest railway station is Huntingdon station (5 minute drive away). Easily accessible via A14.

Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich

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Hospital Profile

 

Ipswich Hospital is a large District General Hospital founded in 1989. It has recently merged services with Colchester Hospital, both of which are managed by the East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The general surgical department includes Colorectal, UGI (benign), Breast and Vascular surgery. The department is particular popular with junior registrar trainees who obtain good volume elective and emergency surgery training.

 

 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers

 

UGI:

  • Benign UGI including laparoscopic cholecystectomies with cholangiograms and anti-reflux/hiatal surgery. CBD exploration, exposure to Endoscopy and ERCP procedures
  • Consultants: Mr Groot-Wassink, Mr Martin Sinclair, Mr Fahed Youssef

Colorectal:

  • Colorectal cancer and benign service. Advanced IBD service linked with the gastroenterology team. Slots for Endoscopy training. High quality MDT
  • Structured training Lap colorectal and robotic surgery
  • Consultants: Mr Michael Crabtree, Mr James Pitt, Mr Arshad Malik, Mr Ali Malik, Mr Amir Morgan, Mr Philemon Dikki, Mr Peter How, Mr Lawrence Toquero

Breast:

Vascular:

  • Merged services with Colchester Hospital. Arterial procedures are carried out on the Colchester site. Training opportunities for arterial/venous disease in regular outpatient clinic/ward/emergency patient reviews and with diabetic foot team. There is an Ipswich On-call Consultant Cover 8-5pm Monday – Friday.  Out of hours vascular care provided by registrar/consultant at Colchester Hospital.
  • Consultants: Bianca Vriens, Sidhartha Sinha, Sohail Choksy, Abdusalam Abu-own,

Emergency surgery 

 Good training in emergency surgery with dedicated SAU unit supported by ACP nurses

24/7 CEPOD theatre

 

SpR Rota information

 

6 NTN registrars and 4 non-NTN registrars

On call commitments include 12 hour day and night on call shifts with on call room facilities available. An additional registrar covers the surgical assessment unit between 8am-5pm while the other registrar is free to cover CEPOD theatre.

 

 

Rota manager/Annual & study leave contact

 

Madeline Hughes  Telephone:     01473 702946 (x1946)           Email:     madeline.hughes@esneft.nhs.uk

Michael Austin:                     Telephone:     01473 702937                                  Email:     Michael.Austin@esneft.nhs.uk

 

 Accommodation:

 

There is allocated rooms for the on call team

Longer term accommodation is available in Person road flats

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:     Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5PD

Switchboard:     01473 712233

On site parking available for staff with further Park & Ride

Direct public transport links to mainline railway station from Ipswich Train station. Ipswich is on the mainline route from London to Norwich which takes approximately 1 hour 20 minutes. It is possible to catch the 64, 64A, 65 (hourly) or 66 (every 15-20 minutes) to the hospital which takes approximately 20 mins from Ipswich station to hospital or a 23 minute cycle.

Hospital is accessible from A12 or A14

 

James Paget Hospital, Great Yarmouth

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Hospital Profile

 

James Paget Hospital is a district general hospital based in Norfolk that covers a population of 230,000 residing in Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney. It has strong affiliations with the University of East Anglia. The General Surgical department based at James Paget is well-established with enthusiastic consultant trainers including the TPD (Ms Sarah Downey). The hospital is reputed for good operating logbook numbers as per feedback from numerous previous trainees within the region.

 

 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers

 

UGI:

  • Benign UGI unit. Laparoscopic cholecystectomies and limited anti-reflux procedures performed.
  • Consultants: Mr Vivek Chitre.

Colorectal:

  • Colorectal cancer service. Cancer and benign procedures performed.
  • Consultants: Mr Kamal Aryal, Mr Roshan Lal.

Breast:

  • Cancer and benign service.
  • Consultants: Ms Sarah Downey, Ms Sue Down, Mr Jerome Pereira.

 

 

SpR Rota information

 

2 NTN registrars and 6 non-NTN registrars

On call commitments include 24 hour on call shifts (normal elective day until 17:30 and then covering overnight). Weekend shift covers the whole weekend.

 

 

Rota manager/Annual & study leave contact

 

Rota is run by Mr Vamsi Velchuru (Colorectal consultant). Study leave/annual leave is also approved by Mr Velchuru as well.

 

 

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:     Lowestoft Road, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, NR31 6LA

Switchboard:     01492 452452

On site parking available for staff

The nearest train station is Lowestoft (direct bus service to hospital or 5 mile drive)

Hospital is accessible via A12 and A47

Lister Hospital, Stevenage

Lister Hospital – East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

 

Hospital Profile

 

Lister Hospital is a large 730 bed (18 Level 3 ITU care beds)  District General Hospital based in Stevenage. The surgical department includes 5 Colorectal, 1 UGI, 4 Breast and 4 Emergency Surgery consultants. The vascular department includes 7 consultants. Peripheral clinics occur at the QEII Hospital and Hertford County Hospital.

Trainees frequently give good feedback and gain plenty of operative exposure and teaching. There is a supportive education centre on site.

 

Subspecialty training opportunities

 

UGI / Emergency:

Benign unit excluding bariatric surgery. Includes excellent endoscopy training.

Consultants: Mr Sanjay Gupta, Mr Paul Jose, Ms Roxana Bostina, Mr Eriberto Farinella, Mr Shirish Tewari.

 

Colorectal:

Busy colorectal cancer service with high level of laparoscopic and robotic resection numbers performed within the unit.

Consultants: Mr Vivek Gupta, Mr Nick Reay-Jones, Mr Gary Atkin, Ms Santhini Jeyarajah, Mr Geraint Lloyd.

 

Breast:

Varied number of breast oncological and benign procedures performed with reconstruction.

Consultants: Ms Harleen Deol, Mr Neil Johns, Mr Paul Cathcart, Mr Peter Crane   

 

Vascular:

Vascular department performing a wide variety of arterial and venous cases. Around 40 AAA, 40 CEA and > 200 renal access procedures performed / year.

 

In 2024 this will become the arterial hub for the Herts and West Essex Vascular Network with a new hybrid theatre. Activity will then include >100 AAA and >100 CEA / year

 

Consultants: Prof Sadasivam Selvakumar, Mr Mike Guest, Mr Matthew Metcalfe, Miss Kersten Morgan Bates, Mr Wayne Sapsford, Mr Faisal Shaikh, Mr Umar Sadat.

 

 

SpR Rota information

 

5 NTN registrars (Gen Surg + Breast), 2 NTN registrars (Vasc) and 8 non-NTN registrars

On call commitments (approx. 1 in 15) include 12 hour day and night on call shifts.

 

 

Rota manager/Annual & study leave contact

Becky Curtis  / Jodie Williams                  Telephone:     01438 314333 (ext 4820)

 

 

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:      Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, SG1 4AB

Switchboard:      01438 314333

On site parking available for staff with Car Sharing Scheme

Closest train station is Stevenage (National Rail)

Hospital is easily accessible from A1(M)

 

Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Luton

ISS awarded services deal at Luton and Dunstable University hospital ...

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers – Luton site

UGI:

  • A large, high volume Bariatric unit, performing 300-450 bariatric procedures annually
  • Also perform other benign UGI and benign HPB procedures. Upper GI cancer work undertaken at Hammersmith Hospital
  • Consultants: Mr Vigyan Jain, Mr Periyathambi Jambulingam, Mr Douglas Whitelaw, Mr Omer Al-Taan, Mr Aruna Munasinghe, Mr Farhan Rashid, Mr Roy Gurprashad (special interest paediatric surgery), Mr Md Tanveer Adil and Mr Alan Askari.

Colorectal:

  • Colorectal cancer service and benign procedures performed within a busy unit
  • Consultants: Mr Shashank Gurjar, Ms Katherine Brown, Mr Partha Das, Mr Jayesh Sagar, Miss Marion Obichere, Mr Firas Younis & Mr Sujay Shah

Breast:

  • Cancer and benign service
  • Consultants: Mr Ravichandran, Miss Kath Kirkpatrick, Miss Ruth James

Robotic Operating:

  • da Vinci Xi robot
  • A weekly robotic list aligned to both Upper GI and Colorectal
  • Focusing on bariatric cases within UGI and cancer cases within Colorectal

Endoscopy:

  • Majority of consultants are able to support training, offering access to OGD/colonoscopies
  • A mixture of UPGI surgeons, Colorectal surgeons and consultant Gastroenterologists aligned to training lists
  • Opportunities for trainees (that are JAG accredited) to run solo lists within their rota

SpR Rota information

6 NTN registrars and 6 non-NTN registrars participating in a 1:12 fixed rota

  • On call commitments include 12 hour shifts (day and night)
  • Second registrar covering Post Take / CEPOD operating during weekdays (08:00-17:00)
  • A weekly allocation of ward cover in both UPGI & Colorectal
  • On weekends, there is a second registrar for inpatient ward rounds.
  • Free on call room available for overnight General Surgery registrar

 

Rota co-ordinator Amina Khan (Amina.Khan18@ldh.nhs.uk)

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich

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Hospital Profile

 

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and one of the major teaching hospitals within the East of England deanery. There is a large general surgical department including tertiary referrals for various operations including pelvic exenterations and gastric/oesophageal malignancies. NNUH also hosts multiple regional teaching days throughout the year for general surgery registrar trainees. It also hosts FRCS examinations and surgery/endosocpy courses. NNUH is affiliated with The University of East Anglia.

 

 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers

UGI:

  • Oesophago-gastric cancer unit. Also performs complex benign procedures such as laparoscopic CBD explorations and anti-reflux surgery.

  • Consultants: Mr Bhaskar Kumar, Mr Michael Lewis, Miss Loveena Sreedharan, Mr Nicholas Penney, Mr Simon Wemyss-Holden.

Colorectal:

  • One of largest and most experienced Colorectal units in UK. Perform a wide range of procedures including exenterations, radical oncological resections, robotic procedures and pelvic floor operations.

  • Consultants: Mr James Hernon, Mr Sandeep Kapur, Mr Irshad Shaikh, Mr Jamasp Dastur, Mr Richard Wharton, Mr Adam Stearns, Mr Ami Mishra

Breast:

  • Large breast unit performing cancer and benign cases

  • Consultants: Mr Maged Hussein, Mr Simon Pain, Mr Mina Youssef, Miss Katalin Zechmeister.

Vascular:

  • Established vascular unit performing wide range of venous and arterial procedures.  

  • Consultants: Mr Wissam Al-Jundi, Mr Matthew Armon, Mr Phil Bennett, Mr Rob Brightwell, Mr Mike Delbridge, Miss Felicity Meyer, Mr Darren Morrow.

EGS:

  • Consultants: Mr Andrew Moss, Mr Camilo Valero, Mr Mihai Paduraru, Mr Luke Evans 

  

 

SpR Rota information

8 NTN registrars, 1 training senior breast registrar and 1 colorectal robotic fellow (the breast registrar & colorectal fellow are not part of the on-call rota). On call commitments include 12-hour day and night on-call shifts. Room are available free of charge on request.

 

 

Rota manager/Annual & study leave contact

 

Rota run by SpR within each sub-specialty

Study and annual leave requested and approved online

 

 

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:     Colney Lane, Norwich, NR4 7UY

Switchboard:     01603 286286

On site parking available for staff as well as Park & Ride

Direct public transport links via Norwich train station (15 minute)

Hospital easily accessible via A11

Peterborough City Hospital, Peterborough

Peterborough City Hospital

Hospital Profile

Peterborough City Hospital is a busy DGH with 650 beds, commissioned in 2010, that is expanding with modular units. It is a part of North West Anglia Foundation Trust. Peterborough is one of the fastest growing city's in the country making this a busy hospital.

It is a trainee-friendly unit, with a busy general surgery department, several former trainees are now consultant surgeons within the hospital.

There is excellent training in GI surgery, emergency general surgery  as well as endoscopy. 

There are 2 registrars on call in the daytime on-call team, and one at night covering EGS, with a total complement of 12 registrars (4 training registrars from the East of England and 1 from Leicester deanery). In addition, there is a Royal College approved Senior Colorectal Fellow (not on-call)

 

Speciality training and trainers:

 

Colorectal:

Mr Rohit Makhija

Mr Robert Dennis

Ms Elisabeth Drye

Ms Aarti Kalyanaraman

Mr Santosh Bhandari

We offer the full range of colorectal procedures including IBD, cancer, ELAPE with plastic surgery perineal flap reconstruction, TAMIS, ileal pouch surgery, THD, pelvic floor surgery etc

 

UGI/ Vascular:

Ms Ling Ong

Mr Steve Satheesan

Ms Alessandra Ferro (joining in 2024)

Mr Brandon Krijgsman, Cons Vascular Surgeon along with in-reach vascular surgeons from Addenbrookes Hospital.

Mr Stanley Luwemba (Specialist Surgeon)

The unit offers benign UGI surgery, CBD exploration, ERCP, benign oesophageal surgery. Bariatric surgery has been planned to commence soon.

 

Breast :

Mr Steve Goh

Mr John Mathews

Mr Asad Parvaiz

Mr Jan Rezulski (part time)

The breast unit is a high volume unit with cancer surgery including reconstruction and benign breast surgery, they are keen trainers.

 

Location:

Peterborough City Hospital

Bretton gate

Peterborough

PE3 9GZ

 

Rota/leave Coordinator: 

Hayley Jarvis: hayley.jarvis@nhs.net  01733 677091

Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow

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Hospital Profile

 

Princess Alexandra Hospital is a 501 bed District General Hospital based in Harlow, Essex. It has been recently repatriated back to East of England from the London training deanery. The surgical department consists of Colorectal, UGI, Breast and Vascular subspecialties. There is also a group of emergency consultant surgeons who provide emergency on call cover during the working hours.

 

 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers

 

UGI:

  • Benign unit excluding bariatric surgery. No hiatal/anti-reflux work is performed within this unit.
  • Consultants: Mr Bogdan Ivanov, Mr Naveed Kirmani, Mr Fouad Kaldas.

Colorectal:

  • Experienced Colorectal cancer and proctology service.
  • Consultants:  Ms Vardhini Vijay, Mr Shanmugam Vivekanandan, Ms Shrabani Das Mohapatra, Mr Rajaraman Durai.

Breast:

  • Specialist malignant and benign service including thyroid/parathyroid procedures.
  • Consultants: Ms Veronica Grassi.

Vascular:

  • Experienced vascular department performing a wide variety of arterial and venous cases.
  • Consultants: Mr Jonathan Refson, Mr Ahmed Abidia.

 

 

SpR Rota information

 

4 NTN registrars and 4 non-NTN registrars

On call commitments include 12 hour day and night on call shifts. Overnight on call facilities available free of charge.

 

 

Rota manager/Annual & study leave contact

 

Carol Allgrove                       Telephone:     01279 444455 (x2817)                      Email:     carol.allgrove@pah.nhs.uk

 

 

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:     Hamstel Road, Harlow, Essex, CM20 1QX

Switchboard:     01279 444455

On site parking available for staff

Closest train station is Harlow station with direct links to London Liverpool Street

Hospital is accessible from M11 via the A414

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn

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Hospital Profile

 

Queen Elizabeth Hospital is a busy 515 bed district general hospital based in King’s Lynn, Norfolk. It provides elective and emergency healthcare to 250,000 people residing locally in West Norfolk, South Lincolnshire and North East Cambridgeshire, an area of approximately 1500 km². Other surgical specialities in addition to general surgery include Urology, Orthopaedic, ENT and Ophthalmology.

 

 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers

 

UGI:

  • Performing anti-reflux and other benign procedures.
  • Consultants: Mr Hugh Warren, Mr Nicholas Redwood.

Colorectal:

  • Colorectal cancer service.
  • Consultants: Mr Jonathan Easterbrook, Mr Zulfiqar Khan, Mr Syed Hyder, Mr Paul Cullen, Mr Iqbal Bhatti, Mr Rudolf Zach.

Breast:

  • Busy unit with oncoplastic training opportunities.
  • Consultants: Ms Amy Burger, Ms Rachael Johnson.

Vascular:

  • Performing elective venous procedures.
  • Consultants: Mr Wissam Al-Jundi, Mr C Wijewardena.

 

 

SpR Rota information

 

4 NTN registrars and 7 non-NTN registrars

On call commitments include 12 hours day and night on call shifts supervising 2 junior doctors (1 FY2 and 1 FY1 doctor). Also covers Urology after 5 pm.

 

 

Rota manager/Annual & study leave contact

 

Tracy Smith                            Telephone:     01553214685                            Email:     Tracy.smith@qehkl.nhs.uk

 

 

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:     Gayton Road, King’s Lynn, PE30 4ET

Switchboard:     01553 613613

On site parking available for staff

Direct public transport links via Bus include the 34, 48 and 49 Lynx service and 21, 22 and 48 West Norfolk Community Transport service. Closest train station is King’s Lynn station.

Hospital easily accessible via A10 from Cambridge or A47 from Norwich

Southend University Hospital, Southend

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Hospital Profile

 

Southend University Hospital is a 730-bed district general hospital in Essex, and forms part of the Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It provides elective and emergency healthcare services. The hospital has a strong reputation for surgical training in a range of sub-specialties for core level and higher surgical trainees and is part of the Improving Surgical Training initiative. It is consistently ranked highly for overall satisfaction and curriculum coverage on the GMC survey.

 

 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers

 

UGI:

  • Benign procedures only (limited service with 1 pure UGI consultant list once a month). Laparoscopic cholecystectomies performed by multiple general consultants.
  • Consultants:

Colorectal:

  • Colorectal cancer and IBD service. Cancer and IBD services. Regional centre for pelvic floor diseases.
  • Consultants: Mr Michael Dworkin, Miss Rebecca Himpson, Mr Julian Sturt, Mr James Wright, Mr Abraham Ayantunde, Mr Bandipalyam Praveen, Miss Esther Fine

Breast:

  • Breast surgery with implant-based reconstruction.
  • Consultants: Miss Emma Gray, Mr Abdul Syed, Mr Harun Thomas

Vascular:

  • Complex vascular and wound services. Provide regional on call once a week and on rotating weekends.
  • Consultants:  Mr James Brown, Mr Matthew Jakeways, Mr Sandeep Patel, Mr Mike Salter.

 

 

SpR Rota information

 

4 NTN registrars and 5 non-NTN registrars

Resident on-call shifts (08:00 – 21:00 day or 20:30 – 08:30 night). Day shifts with supervising consultant. General surgical registrar provides urology cover (day and night).

 

 

Rota manager/Annual & study leave contact

 

Hollie Satchell                         Telephone:     01702 43555 Ext 6423                          Email:     Surgery.Rota@southend.nhs.uk

 

 

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:     Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0RY         

Switchboard:     01702 435555

On site parking available for staff. Road parking available close by.

Direct public transport links: Bus service from Southend Central station (c2C train service to London Fenchurch Street/London Liverpool Street)

Hospital accessible via A127

Watford General Hospital, Watford

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Hospital Profile

 

The West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust comprises of one acute site (Watford General Hospital – 521 acute beds) and two satellite hospitals primarily used for day-case or short stay elective procedures, outpatient procedures and rehabilitation. The Trust serves a population of just over half a million and is overall a busy surgical unit.

 

 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers

 

UGI:

  • Hiatus hernia, fundoplication, Heller’s myotomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic hernia repair and CBD exploration.
  • Consultants: Mr Ahmed Al-Bahrani, Mr Jeremy Livingstone. 

Colorectal:

  • Colorectal cancer service. Majority of the work is colorectal cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Large volume of major resections performed a year.
  • Consultants: Mr Atif Alvi, Mr James Arbuckle, Mr Drost Cheetham, Mr James Hollingshead.

Breast:

  • Busy breast unit performing a variety of breast/axillary procedures, the Breast team also contributes to the on-call rota.
  • Consultants: Mr Simon Thomson

Vascular:

  • Established vascular unit performing wide range of venous and arterial procedures including carotid, aortic, bypass, EVAR and venous work.
  • Consultants: Mr Tahir Bhatti, Mr Sanjeev Sarin

 

 

SpR Rota information

 

7 NTN registrars and 6 non-NTN registrars

On call commitments include 12-hour day and night on call shifts. The day on calls are split into 2-2-3 pattern, i.e. Monday-Tuesday, Wednesday-Thursday and Friday-Sunday. Night on-calls are a 4-3 split (Monday-Thursday and Friday-Sunday). On-calls are generally high volume and busy, the trust is routinely in the top 10% nationally for the number of emergency laparotomies performed. During the week day the on-call team comprises of an ‘On-Take’ consultant, an Emergency Surgical Assessment Unit (ESAU) consultant, a separated NCEPOD consultant, a surgical registrar, a surgical FY2/Trust grade SHO and two surgical FY1s.

 

 

Rota manager/Annual & study leave contact

 

Julie Baines                              Telephone:     01923 217 397                                Email:     julie.baines@whht.nhs.uk

 

 

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:     Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0HB

Switchboard:     01923 244 366

On site parking available for staff

There are established transport links from London and nearby satellite towns. Watford has both an underground and a national rail station.

Nearest motorway is M1 (Junction 5).

West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds

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Hospital Profile

 

West Suffolk Hospital is a 430 bed District General Hospital based in Bury St Edmunds. The trust serves over 275,000 people with a catchment area of approximately 600 square miles. In 2018 it was one of seven trusts nationwide to be awarded Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). It has a very experienced general surgical department covering multiple subspecialties. Previous trainees of all levels have always reported high operative numbers from both elective and emergency procedures.

 

 

Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers 

 

UGI:

  • Perform specialist benign UGI procedures including laparoscopic fundoplications and CBD explorations. Training opportunities in laparoscopic ultrasound.
  • Consultants: Mr Craig Vickery, Mr Dermot O’Riordan.

Colorectal:

  • Busy colorectal cancer service including pelvic floor procedures.
  • Consultants: Mr Ami Mishra, Mr Neil Keeling, Mr Justin Alberts, Mr Nicholas Ward.

Breast:

  • Breast and endocrine service. One consultant specialising in oncoplastics including therapeutic mammoplasties, liposuction and implant reconstruction.
  • Consultants: Ms Jane Aitken, Mr Eamon Coveney.

 

 

SpR Rota information

 

3 NTN registrars and 5 non-NTN registrars

On call commitments include 24 hour on call shifts with on call room facilities available free of charge.

 

 

Rota manager/study leave contact

 

Marie Owen                             Telephone:     contact via switchboard                                 Email:     Marie.Owen@wsh.nhs.uk

 

 

Travel/geographical information

 

Address:     Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2QZ

Switchboard:     01284 713000

On site parking available for staff.

Local train station is Station Hill, situated 2 miles from the hospital

By car the hospital is accessible via the A14

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