Great Western Hospital, Swindon
The Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust consists of these hospitals and services
The Great Western Hospital - a modern district general hospital providing emergency care, surgery, diagnostics, outpatient and day case services.
The Brunel Treatment Centre - a 128 bed unit designed to provide high quality elective (planned) care and diagnostics.
The Shalbourne Suite - a 20 bed private patient unit within the Brunel Treatment Centre.
Other Units - there are several other hospitals, clinics and services provided by the trust, such as Marlborough House, Savernake Hospital and Fairford Hospital.
The Gastroenterology Department
The services that are run in GWH include:
- ERCP
- Fibroscan
- PEGs
- Viral hepatitis
- Large polypectomy
Consultants
|
Dr Ajeya Shetty |
IBD/general gastro |
|
Dr Manish Hegde |
General gastro/BCSP |
|
Dr Andrew Claridge |
IBD/PEGs |
|
Dr Khalid Keshk |
General gastro |
|
Dr Moby Joseph |
Hepatology/therapeutic upper GI endoscopy |
There are also 2 IBD specialist nurses and 1 hepatology specialist nurse.
Typical week for a trainee
There is a consultant presence daily but full consultant WR are 2-3 times a week. The WR is generally split with the SpR (new patients are seen daily by the consultant). You are encouraged to attend endoscopy outside of timetabled lists and there are plenty of opportunities. Bleeds are done adhoc and you are encouraged to attend.
Referrals are shared between the consultant and SpR
In addition to this:
- 2 lists (mix of independent if applicable and training)
- 2 clinics
- IBD MDT weekly
- Benign gastro radiology meeting weekly
- Cancer MDT weekly
You will be asked to help run the journal club and do formal teaching as and when. There are also opportunities to supervise juniors with QI and audits.