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.

Transplant:

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

• Consultants: Professor Christopher Watson, 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 Nigel Hall, Mr Jonathan Morton, Mr Michael Powar, Mr James Wheeler, Mr Heman Joshi.

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 Kevin Varty, Mr Paul Hayes.

SpR Rota information

6 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):         Name:      Stephen Webb Schumperli            Telephone:     01223 217606             Email:      sw941@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

Hospital Profile

Bedford Hospital 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 and occasional  anti-reflux procedures.
• Consultants: Mr Dipankar Chattopadhyay.

Colorectal:

• Colorectal cancer service. Cancer and benign procedures.
• Consultants: Ms Katharine Bevan, Mr Khalid Canna, Mr Yuksel Gercek, Mr Kanapathippillai Rajaratnam, Mr James Wilde.

Breast:

• Cancer and benign service including thyroid/parathyroid procedures.
• Consultants: Ms Masoom Muttalib.

Vascular:

• Established vascular unit that performs arterial and venous procedures.
• Consultants: Mr Arindam Chaudhuri, Mr Tapan Mehta, Mr Paul Tisi.

SpR Rota information

4 NTN registrars and 7 non-NTN registrars

On call commitments include 12 hour shifts (day and night).

Rota manager/study leave contact

Henrietta Okonji                    Telephone:     Available through switchboard                      Email:     Henrietta.okonji@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

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

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.
• Consultants: Mr Groot-Wassink, Mr Martin Sinclair.

Colorectal:

• Colorectal cancer and benign service.
• Consultants: Mr Michael Crabtree, Mr James Pitt, Mr Arshad Malik, Mr Ali Malik, Mr Amir Morgan, Mr Philemon Dikki.

Breast:

• Varied number of breast oncological and benign procedures.
• Consultants: Ms Caroline Mortimer, Mr Hussein Tuffaha.

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, Mr Fahed Youssef.

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.

Rota manager/Annual & study leave contact

Jan King:                              Telephone:     01473 702946 (x1946)                     Email:     jan.king@ipswichhospital.nhs.uk

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

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

Hospital Profile

Lister Hospital is a large 730 bed District General Hospital based in Stevenage. It has been recently repatriated back to East of England from the London training deanery. The surgical department includes 5 Colorectal, 2 UGI, 2 Breast, 4 Vascular and 2 Emergency hybrid surgical consultants. Breast surgery is predominantly based at the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) Hospital where the breast unit resides. Peripheral clinics can be based at the QE2 hospital and Hertford County Hospital.

Subspecialty training opportunities

UGI:

• Benign unit excluding bariatric surgery. Includes excellent endoscopy training.
• Consultants: Mr Sanjay Gupta, Mr Paul Jose, Ms Roxana Bostina.

Colorectal:

• Busy colorectal cancer service with high level of laparoscopic resectional numbers performed within the unit. Developing robotic resectional service.
• Consultants: Mr Vivek Gupta, Mr Nick Reay-Jones, Mr Gary Atkin, Ms Santhini Jeyarajah, Mr Geraint Lloyd, Mr Eriberto Farinella.

Breast:

• Varied number of breast oncological and benign procedures performed at QE2 Hospital.
• Consultants: Ms Harleen Deol, Mr Jeremy Wood.     

Vascular:

• Experienced vascular department performing a wide variety of arterial and venous cases.
• Consultants: Mr Sadasivam Selvakumar, Mr Mike Guest, Mr Matthew Metcalfe, Mr John Kuriakose.

SpR Rota information

4 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

Julie Boughton                      Telephone:     01438 314333 (x5943)                       Email:     Julie.boughton@nhs.net

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 accessible from A1(M)

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, Mr Edward Cheong, 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 Chris Speakman, Mr Richard Wharton, Mr Adam Stearns, Mr Atanu Pal

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.

SpR Rota information

8 NTN registrars and 1 non-NTN registrars

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

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

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