Postgraduate School of Surgery

The West Midlands is the largest region geographically in England and has large and well evaluated training programmes in all surgical specialties. Many of the surgical specialties have the ability to undertake sub-specialty training. The school of postgraduate surgery covers ten surgical disciplines.

 

The West Midlands is the largest region geographically in England and has large and well evaluated training programmes in all surgical specialties. Many of the surgical specialties have the ability to undertake sub-specialty training. The School of Postgraduate Surgery covers ten surgical disciplines.

 

Outline of Training

All surgical specialties require a period of basic training, this varies among the specialties. General Surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery, Plastic surgery, Otolaryngology, Cardiothoracic surgery and Paediatric surgery all require two years of basic training called core surgical training. Some of these programmes may be themed to a particular specialty with certain specialties having mixed recruitment i.e. some run through and some core with further selection later.

Following core training, specialty training is then given for a variable length of time dependant on the specialty. Further details on this and the specifics of specialty training can be found here on the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Project website.

 

Training Details

The new surgical curriculum is an output based curriculum and requires trainees to achieve agreed competencies to allow progress to the next level. The assessments used in the curriculum are similar to those used in the Foundation programmes but are enhanced to deal with surgical issues. Assessments can be found here on the ISCP website.

Along with these assessments there will be an annual ARCP (annual review of competence performance) which will look at an individual trainee’s portfolio of evidence of training, which will include their logbook and various assessments they have undertaken. Progress to the next level of training will only be achieved on satisfactory completion of this ARCP.

 

Quality Assurance and Governance

At the heart of the school of postgraduate surgery is the Board. This consists of the Postgraduate Dean; Armed Forces Postgraduate Dean; Chairs of the ten Surgical Training Committees; Chair of the core surgical Training committee; West Midlands Royal College Council member; Deanery HR staff; Royal College Regional co-ordinator. The Board of the School of Surgery sits once every three months and oversees all surgical training in the West Midlands. The board is answerable to the Postgraduate Dean and the West Midlands Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education Board. This latter committee is made up of the Heads of the various Schools of Postgraduate Medical Education.

The School of Surgery participates with the HEE to ensure the quality of training within all posts according to GMC (General Medical Council) guidelines. This involves a process of Quality assurance through trainee questionnaires and triggered and validation visits to units across the West Midlands.

 

To find out more about Surgery, please contact the following:

Specialty

Name

Role title

Trust

Email

Surgery

Andrew Garnham

Head of School

NHS England WT&E

andrew.garnham@nhs.net

Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Shilajit Ghosh

TPD Cardiothoracic Surgery

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

shilajit.ghosh@uhnm.nhs.uk

Core Surgical Training

Shahbaz Shafi Malik

TPD Core Surgical Training - Teaching

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

shahbazmalik@nhs.net

Core Surgical Training

David Luke

TPD Core Surgical Training

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

david.luke@uhnm.nhs.uk

Core Surgical Training

Michael Wall

TPD Core Surgical Training - Teaching

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

michaelwall@nhs.net

Core Surgical Training

Kai Leong

TPD Core Surgical Training

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

kai.leong@uhcw.nhs.uk

Core Surgical Training

Yuko Smith

TPD - Core Surgery Lead

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

yuko.smith@uhb.nhs.uk

General Surgery

Rachel Bright-Thomas

TPD General Surgery - CW

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

r.bright-thomas@nhs.net

General Surgery

Simon Fisher

TPD General Surgery - Birmingham

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

sgfisher@doctors.org.uk

General Surgery

Bala Piramanayagam

TPD General Surgery - Stoke-Staffs

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Bala.Piramanayagam@geh.nhs.uk

General Surgery

Claire Pattenden

Lead TPD - General Surgery

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Clare.Pattenden@uhb.nhs.uk

General Surgery

Sarah Addison

TPD General Surgery (Final Years)

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

sarah.addison@uhb.nhs.uk

Neurosurgery

Guirish Solanki

TPD Neurosurgery

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

guirish.solanki@nhs.net

Oral and maxillo-facial surgery

Jason Green

TPD OMFS

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

jasongreen@nhs.net

Otolaryngology

Duncan Bowyer

TPD ENT

Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust

duncan.bowyer@nhs.net

Paediatric Surgery

Ruth Wragg

TPD Paediatric Surgery

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

ruth.wragg@nhs.net

Plastic Surgery

Elizabeth Chipp

TPD Plastic Surgery

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Elizabeth.Chipp@uhb.nhs.uk

Surgery (non-specialty)

Thomas Pinkney

Academic Lead

Birmingham University

Thomas.Pinkney@uhb.nhs.uk

Surgery (non-specialty)

Adam Farqharson

Professional Lead

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

adam.farquharson@nhs.net

Surgery (non-specialty)

Lucy Dalton

TPD for Faculty Development

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Lucy.Dalton@uhb.nhs.uk

Trauma and orthopaedic surgery

Shreeram Deshpande

TPD Trauma and Orthopaedics - Regional Education Lead

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

sdeshpande@nhs.net

Trauma and orthopaedic surgery

Anna Chapman

TPD Trauma and Orthopaedics - Lead TPD

University Hospitals Conventry & Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

anna.chapman@uhcw.nhs.uk

Trauma and orthopaedic surgery

Rohit Singh

TPD Trauma and Orthopaedics - Osw-Stoke

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

rohit.singh5@nhs.net

Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery

Khalid Baloch 

 

TPD Trauma and Orthopaedics - Birmingham

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

Khalid.Baloch@nhs.net

 

 

 
Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery Gunaratnam Shyamalan TPD Trauma and Orthopaedics - Coventray/ Warwickshire University Hospitals Birmingham NSH Foundation Trust TBC

Urology

Herman Fernando

TPD Urology

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

herman.fernando@uhnm.nhs.uk

Vascular surgery

Alok Tiwari

TPD Vascular Surgery

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

alok.tiwari@uhb.nhs.uk

Surgery (non-specialty)

Melissa Cunha

TPD for teaching

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Melissa.Cunha@uhb.nhs.uk

 

Training Details

The new surgical curriculum is an output based curriculum and requires trainees to achieve agreed competencies to allow progress to the next level. The assessments used in the curriculum are similar to those used in the Foundation programmes but are enhanced to deal with surgical issues. Assessments can be found here on the ISCP website.

Along with these assessments there will be an annual ARCP (annual review of competence performance) which will look at an individual trainee’s portfolio of evidence of training, which will include their logbook and various assessments they have undertaken. Progress to the next level of training will only be achieved on satisfactory completion of this ARCP.

Outline of Training

All surgical specialties require a period of basic training, this varies among the specialties. General Surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery, Plastic surgery, Otolaryngology, Cardiothoracic surgery and Paediatric surgery all require two years of basic training called core surgical training. Some of these programmes may be themed to a particular specialty with certain specialties having mixed recruitment i.e. some run through and some core with further selection later.

Following core training, specialty training is then given for a variable length of time dependant on the specialty. Further details on this and the specifics of specialty training can be found here on the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Project website.

Quality Assurance and Governance

At the heart of the School of Postgraduate Surgery is the Board. This consists of the Postgraduate Dean; Armed forces postgraduate dean; chairs of the ten Surgical Training Committees; Chair of the core surgical Training committee; West Midlands Royal College Council member; Deanery HR staff; Royal College Regional co-ordinator. The board of the school of surgery sits once every three months and oversees all surgical training in the West Midlands. The board is answerable to the Postgraduate Dean and the West Midlands Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education board. This latter committee is made up of the Heads of the various Schools of Postgraduate Medical Education.

The School of Surgery participates with HEE to ensure the quality of training within all posts according to GMC (General Medical Council) guidelines. This involves a process of Quality assurance through trainee questionnaires and triggered and validation visits to units across the West Midlands.