Hull and East Yorkshire
The training opportunities
NYECFS Trainee 06/08
Named as one of the UK’s top 40 hospitals by CHKS in 2009, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals is the acute Trust based on two sites, Hull Royal Infirmary (HRI) in the city centre and Castle Hill Hospital (CHH) 5 miles away in open countryside. The Trust has approx 1,400 beds creating a large, busy teaching environment offering a range of specialties. The Hull and East Yorkshire area has high rates of adult obesity, heart disease, stroke, cancer and teenage pregnancy which provide trainees with a wide variety of learning experiences and has led to sunstantial investment and development of specialist facilities. On the CHH site this includes the recently opened Queen’s Centre for Oncology and Haematology, a state-of-the-art cardiac and surgical unit and the Daisy Building, a research and teaching facility built in partnership with HYMS and the University of Hull’s Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI).
The
Strategic Health Authority (SHA) commissioned a multiprofessional Clinical Skills building on the HRI site, which
was opened in early 2011. Many departments have high profile research programmes and are integrally involved with both HYMS and the University of Hull. The Trust is a
major part of the HYMS teaching Faculty, a role which extends into the Postgraduate teaching of Foundation trainees and beyond.
Hull: a city on the up
Hull is an up and coming city undergoing massive redevelopment. With multi-million pound investment, lots of new housing is springing up in the city centre as well as on the marina together with other popular areas such as the
Avenues. House prices are significantly less than the national average.
The St Stephen’s regeneration project was completed in 2009 and has provided Hull with a state of the art transport interchange integrating rail and bus services, a new shopping centre, cinema and new home for the acclaimed Hull Truck
Theatre which is under the creative direction of the world renowned playwright, John Godber.
Hull boasts two Superleague Teams, Hull KR and Hull FC who alongside Hull City football team, play at the magnificent KC Stadium.
For a great night out, try Hull’s old town or Princes Avenue for pavement cafes, bars and restaurants providing a cosmopolitan atmosphere day and night, both less than a mile away from the Infirmary.
Further afield
Beverley, topped the affordable affluence index by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2007 is just 20 minutes away.
London is just 2½ hours direct by train. The continent is also easily accessible with daily overnight P&O cruise ferries to Holland and Belgium.
KEY FACTS
- FTPDs:
- Dr Mostafa Abdel-Hafiz, Dr Vijay Anand, Dr Usha Kuchimanchi, Mr Mahmood Loubani, and Dr Nirmula Sundararajan,
- Medical Education Manager:
- Vanessa Hampshire
- Foundation Administrator/Shadowing:
- Pam Lewis – pam.lewis[at]hey.nhs.uk
- Medical Staffing:
- Jennifer Buckle – jennifer.buckle[at]hey.nhs.uk
