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Respiratory Medicine
Respiratory Medicine is a popular speciality, due to its combination of acute and chronic disease management, practicality and intellectual interest. All our trainees combine training in Respiratory Medicine and its subspecialties with General Medical training. Our graduates have a good record in obtaining consultant posts, often choosing to remain in either University or District hospitals in the attractive South West of England. The South West respiratory rotation covers both the Severn Postgr... Read more...
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Rotations
The South West respiratory rotation includes 37 posts in the following hospitals: University Teaching Hospitals: Bristol Royal Infirmary, 4 registrars Southmead Hospital, Bristol, 5 registrars Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, 3 registrars Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, 3 registrars plus 1 ITU post Treliske Hospital, Truro, 3 registrars District Hospitals: Gloucester Royal Hospital, 2 registrars Cheltenham General Hospital, 2 registrars Great Western Hospital, Swindon, 2 registrars... Read more...
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Rheumatology
Key Contacts Training Programme Director for Rheumatology – Dr Sara Carty – based at Great Western Hospital Head of School of Medicine: Dr Carolyn Mackinlay Associate Dean for Medicine: Dr Jon Francis Education programme Manager: Joanne Pickstone Education programme coordinator: vacant Health Education South West Severn supervises all postgraduate medical specialist training in the region. Information about the specialty Rheumatology is an exciting specialty that deals with the investigat... Read more...
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Rotation
Training in Severn Postgraduate Medical Education Rheumatology training in Severn Postgraduate Medical Education consists of 11 posts; all are prospectively being converted to Rheumatology and General Internal Medicine. Some trainees are completing singly accrediting training in pure Rheumatology. The hospitals involved in the rotation are: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustGreat Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, SwindonNorth Bristol Trust (Southmead)Royal National Hospital fo... Read more...
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Hospitals within Rheumatology Rotations
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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Rheumatology in Gloucestershire The Rheumatology Department at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is staffed by 5 consultants, 4 clinical nurse specialists, 2 speciality registrars (one from Severn Deanery and one on the Oxford rotation) and a ward based ST1/2. The department provides services for the whole of Gloucestershire and clinics are run predominantly at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital, as well as at several peripheral hospitals. Drs Gill Coombe... Read more...
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Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Welcome to our department! Our team consists of 5 consultants, 4 rheumatology nurse practitioners, 1 research nurse, 2 specialty registrars (Oxford and Severn Postgraduate Medical Education) and administrative and secretarial support. As a registrar in training your commitments include up to 4 general rheumatology clinics per week (including for some of your time with us one at Savernake community hospital near Marlborough), daily running of day therapy unit, ward referrals and overseeing DMARD... Read more...
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North Bristol NHS Trust
Rheumatology Training at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) North Bristol Trust NHS Trust is a large Trust with regional academic services in neurosciences, renal medicine, plastic surgery and burns, and is the regional trauma centre. There are also academic services in rheumatology, respiratory medicine and endocrinology. In May 2014 the Trust moved into a fantastic new hospital building and also provides outpatient services at Cossham Hospital and Yate Health Centre. Trainees: We have 2 dually accr... Read more...
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The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath
The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases The RNHRD is a specialist hospital that is part of the Royal United Hospitals Foundation Trust. It provides clinical services in Rheumatology, Pain Management and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME. There is a large outpatient department with dedicated specialist nursing and therapy staff. On-site facilities include radiology, musculoskeletal ultrasound, echocardiography, microvascular imaging and bone densitometry. There is a large on-site dedicated p... Read more...
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University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Rheumatology Training at University Hospitals Bristol Background The Academic Rheumatology Unit is located at the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI), which is one of a number of hospitals comprising the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UHB). Rheumatology is an Associate Directorate within the Division of Medicine and comprises a clinical, administrative and managerial team of about 35 staff. There is close integration with the University of Bristol and the University of the West of... Read more...
