Provisional programme for year ahead below.
Booking available via links on each date when highlighted.
Reserve study leave ASAP
Perioperative Medicine -24th November 2017
Book online below.
A week long conference in Tignes with plenty of self-directed learning time! Trainees are actively encouraged to deliver an oral presentation of their choosing. Great speakers, great networking, great accommodation (trainees are subsidised) and great ski area! Book your STUDY LEAVE now.
Of interest to Emergency Medicine and Retrieval Medicine trainees & specialists please see attached details regarding an upcoming burns course in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital entitled:
Pan-London educational meeting on airway management
6 Posts now advderised for substantive appointments at Charing Cross and St Mary's Hospital https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/8f26494652ca2de5e3d8b98b5258923b/?vac_ref=914787441
Obstetrics
The next Barts Heart One Lung simulation course is being held on 14 December 2017 - learn about the art of lung isolation, management of double lumen tubes and troubleshooting intra-operative problems in a high-fidelity simulation suite with experienced thoracic and trauma anaesthetists. Registration is £100 for the day and places are limited.
Nothing prepares you for a disaster following a procedure or surgery. The shock you
experience and helplessness you feel is unforgettable. You can get mentally blocked and the
stress of continuing to work afterwards can be unsurmountable. Your despair about your
career, future, other patients, and family. Your training, education, and experience does not
quite prepare you for such a situation. The looming consequence of GMC investigations and
licence withdrawal, patients’ complaints and bad pr
Free paediatric Anaesthetic Meeting.
Please email seth.galton@chelwest.nhs.uk to book a place
The Hospital
Hillingdon Hospital is a friendly but busy DGH situated in Uxbridge, a short drive away from Heathrow Airport. It is split over two sites with Mount Vernon Hospital which has a purpose built, new theatre complex which is a 15-20 minute drive away. Hillingdon serves a local population of around 350,000 as well as receiving patients from all over the world who are brought in from Heathrow to the busy A&E which is due to be expanded over the next few years. The labour ward is fairly busy with just under 5000 deliveries a year, and has recently received a grant from central government for redevelopment.
Hillingdon has a large pain department with specialists in acute and chronic pain and provides intermediate and advanced pain training for registrars. The Hillingdon site has a daily, dedicated orthopaedic trauma and NCEPOD lists, as well as general surgery, urology, gynaecology, dental and ophthalmology with weekly paediatric lists.
There is a nine bedded HDU/ITU which receives a mix of medical and surgical patients. This unit is staffed by consultants and SHOs during the day with a registrar covering at night.
Mount Vernon Hospital has a newly built Treatment Centre where a complex of four theatres is located. A large amount of elective orthopaedic surgery is done here, including spinal surgery and joint replacements, as well as frequent pain lists. Mount Vernon also operates some urology and radiotherapy lists as well as general surgical cases. There is a regional cancer centre on site, and anaesthetists provide support to their patients out of hours.
Both hospitals are renowned for being great places to work and the anaesthetic department is very friendly. There is a small library in the postgraduate centre which is open to trainees 24 hours a day and the librarians are very willing to help you obtain any material which you may need. The postgraduate centre also offers a daily, home cooked lunch for doctors that is very tasty and far cheaper than the canteen.
Overall, a fairly busy DGH with friendly staff, which is good for generalist experience.
Lead for Audit: Dr Ritu Gupta
(Whilst on maternity leave Audit lead is Dr Ravi Srinivas)
