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):
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Large HPB unit performing open and minimally invasive oncological resections.
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The unit performs 140 liver resections, and 120 pancreatic resections a year. In addition to providing RFA treatment for liver tumours.
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Consultants: Mr Raaj Praseedom, Mr Asif Jah, Mr Emmanuel Huguet, Mr Simon Harper, Mr Siong Seng Liau, Ms Anita Balakrishnan, Mr Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis.
Transplant:
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Internationally renowned transplant unit performing kidney, liver, pancreas and multivisceral transplantation.
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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:
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A busy unit delivering minimally invasive, Hybrid, open oesophagectomy and D2 total Gastrectomy, (80-100) cancer resection per annum.
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Complex laparoscopic hiatal surgery and regional emergency complex benign OG cover.
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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:
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Colorectal cancer and benign service including pouch surgery, pelvic exenterations and advanced abdominal wall reconstructive procedures.
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Consultants: Miss Nicola Fearnhead, Mr Justin Davies, Mr Nigel Hall, Mr Jonathan Morton, Mr Michael Powar, Mr James Wheeler, Mr Heman Joshi.
Breast:
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Busy breast unit performing cancer and benign cases. Advanced oncoplastic procedures in joint with Plastics.
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Consultants: Professor Benson, Mr Amit Agrawal, Mr Parto Forouhi.
Vascular:
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Established vascular unit performing wide range of arterial, venous and carotid procedures.
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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
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
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
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.
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
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 Szabolcs Gergely, Mr Adrian Harris.
Colorectal:
- Colorectal cancer and benign service including pouch and transanal procedures.
- Consultants: Mr David Mitchell, Mr Muhammad Tayyab, Robert Dennis, Alexander hardy.
Breast:
- Breast unit performing cancer and benign cases.
- Consultants: Mr Rudwan Adi, Mr Shaukat Mirza.
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
Michelle Burrow Telephone: 01480 442895 Email: michelleburrow@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
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
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
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
Luton and Dunstable Hospital is a large 695-bed district general hospital that serves a population of more than 350,000 in the surrounding geographical region. It has the only Bariatric unit in the East of England deanery and hence a popular rotation for UGI trainees. There are also well-established Colorectal and Breast consultants within the department.
Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers
UGI:
- Large high volume Bariatric unit. Also perform other UGI and HPB benign procedures.
- Consultants: Mr Vijay Jain, Mr Periyathambi Jambulingam, Mr Douglas Whitelaw, Mr Omer Al-Taan, Mr Aruna Munasinghe, Mr Farhan Rashid, Mr Roy Gurprashad.
Colorectal:
- Colorectal cancer service. Cancer 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.
Breast:
- Cancer and benign service
- Consultants: Mr Ravichandran, Miss Kath Kirkpatrick, Miss Ruth James,
SpR Rota information
6 NTN registrars and 6 non-NTN registrars
On call commitments include 12 hour shifts (day and night). Second registrar on CEPOD operating during weekdays (08:00-17:30). On weekends, there is also a second registrar during ward rounds. Free on call room available.
Rota manager/Annual &study leave contact
Jeevline Jeyakumar Telephone: 07982 143940 Email: Jeevline.jeyakumar@ldh.nhs.uk
Travel/geographical information
Address: Lewsey Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0DZ
Switchboard: 01582 491166
On site parking available for staff
The nearest train station is Luton (direct bus service to hospital)
Hospital is accessible via M1
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:
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Oesophago-gastric cancer unit. Also performs complex benign procedures such as laparoscopic CBD explorations and anti-reflux surgery.
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Consultants: Mr Bhaskar Kumar, Mr Michael Lewis, Mr Edward Cheong, Mr Simon Wemyss-Holden.
Colorectal:
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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.
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Consultants: Mr James Hernon, Mr Sandeep Kapur, Mr Irshad Shaikh, Mr Chris Speakman, Mr Richard Wharton, Mr Adam Stearns, Mr Atanu Pal
Breast:
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Large breast unit performing cancer and benign cases
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Consultants: Mr Maged Hussein, Mr Simon Pain, Mr Mina Youssef, Miss Katalin Zechmeister.
Vascular:
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Established vascular unit performing wide range of venous and arterial procedures.
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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
Peterborough City Hospital is a busy 635 bed district general hospital managed by the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, along with Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Stamford and Rutland Hospital. It covers a population of over 250,000 within the West Norfolk region.
Subspecialty Training and Surgical Trainers
UGI:
- Benign UGI services with a Bariatric unit currently in process of being setup.
- Consultants: Mr Andy Tsang, Ms Ling Ong, Mr S Satheesan.
Colorectal:
- Colorectal cancer and benign service.
- Consultants: Mr Rohit Makhija, Mr Alex Hardy, Ms Elizabeth Drye, Mr Robert Dennis.
Breast:
- Large breast unit performing cancer and benign cases.
- Consultants: Mr John Mathew, Mr Steven Goh.
Vascular:
- Established vascular unit performing wide range of venous procedures.
- Consultants: Mr Brandon Krijgsman, Mr Simon Kreckler.
SpR Rota information
4 NTN registrars and 6 non-NTN registrars.
On call commitments include 12 hour day and night on call. On call room available overnight.
Rota manager/Annual & study leave contact
Hayley Jarvis Telephone: 01733 677091 Email: Hayley.jarvis@nhs.net
Travel/geographical information
Address: Edith Cavell Campus, Bretton Gate, Peterborough, PE3 9GZ
Switchboard: 01733 678000
On site parking available for staff
The nearest railway station is Peterborough station in the city centre (14 minute drive away)
Nearest motorway A1(M) and A14
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
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
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
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).
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 oncolo-plastics 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