Yeovil District Hospital NHS Trust
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides acute care for a population of about 180,000, mostly in South Somerset, North and West Dorset, and parts of Mendip. Increasingly, however, patients are using patient choice and deciding to come to YDH from as far afield as London and Portsmouth.
Each year more than 30,000 patients are admitted as inpatients or day cases; more than 90,000 people attend outpatient appointments; around 40,000 people are treated in Accident and Emergency; and some 1,300 babies are born in the Maternity Unit. The Foundation Trust has over 7,000 members and over 1,800 staff.
The Team
The gastroenterology department at Yeovil consists of 4 consultants, 2 Upper GI cancer nurse specialists, 2 IBD nurse specialists and 1 hepatology specialist nurse. The ward will generally have up to 36 inpatients.
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Dr Katie Smith |
Gastroenterology, GIM, Nutrition and lead for IBD |
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Dr Steve Gore |
Gastroenterology and lead for endoscopy |
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Dr Jim Gotto |
Gastroenterology, GIM, ERCP and lead for Hepatology |
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Dr Zubair Khan |
Gastroenterology, GIM, ERCP and lead for nutrition |
Services offered
- Endoscopy including OGD, basic enteroscopy, colonoscopy and ERCP
- Nutrition
- Hepatology including viral hepatitis and fibroscan
- IBD
- Upper GI physiological studies
Example timetable of a typical week for an SpR
Note: Will not exactly match this.
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Weds |
Thurs |
Fri |
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AM |
Cons WR |
Gastro clinic |
SpR WR |
Endoscopy training list |
Cons WR |
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PM
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Referrals |
Referrals |
Hepatology clinic |
Admin/audit, etc |
Referrals |
In addition:
- Ad hoc endoscopy lists
- Weekly upper GI and colorectal MDTs
- Monthly IBD, histopathology, X-ray and endoscopy user group meetings
- Could start training in ERCP depending on previous experience
- 1:8 GIM on-calls
Contacts
Gastroenterology: Dr Katie Smith
HR: Tracy Wilkinson
Rota Co-ordinator: Kelsey Walden