Weston General Hospital
Weston General Hospital is the smallest acute trust in England. It is currently in the process of merging clinical and managerial services with our neighbouring Trust, University Hospitals Bristol. We have an A&E department (open for medical take 0800 to 2200 daily), ITU, Day Case Unit and newly refurbished Endoscopy unit. Our catchment population is over 200k which increases in the summer with a large visiting tourist population. We were recently rated as one of the top hospitals in the country by CHKS, an independent body monitoring standards of hospital care. It is 25 miles from Bristol and 35 miles from Taunton.
The department has had a recently refurbished 2-room endoscopy unit which has a number of scopes of 4000 per year.
Gastroenterology consultants
Dr Andrew Bell – IBD Lead
Dr Faisal Fayyaz – Endoscopy training lead
Dr David Parker
Typical week for a trainee:
2 consultant ward rounds
1 SpR-led ward round
2 clinics
1 training endoscopy list
Other trainee opportunities
Weekly IBD MDT
Many opportunities to do audits as part of the Global rating scale process