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:
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Specialty
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Name
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Role title
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Trust
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Email
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Surgery
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Andrew Garnham
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Head of School
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NHS England WT&E
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andrew.garnham@nhs.net
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Cardio-thoracic Surgery
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Shilajit Ghosh
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TPD Cardiothoracic Surgery
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
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shilajit.ghosh@uhnm.nhs.uk
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Core Surgical Training
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Ramanan Vadivelu
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TPD Core Surgical Training - Teaching
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
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ramanan.vadivelu@nhs.net
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Core Surgical Training
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David Luke
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TPD Core Surgical Training
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
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david.luke@uhnm.nhs.uk
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Core Surgical Training
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Michael Wall
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TPD Core Surgical Training - Teaching
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The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
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michaelwall@nhs.net
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Core Surgical Training
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Kai Leong
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TPD Core Surgical Training
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University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
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kai.leong@uhcw.nhs.uk
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Core Surgical Training
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Yuko Smith
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TPD - Core Surgery Lead
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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yuko.smith@uhb.nhs.uk
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General Surgery
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Rachel Bright-Thomas
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TPD General Surgery - CW
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
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r.bright-thomas@nhs.net
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General Surgery
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Simon Fisher
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TPD General Surgery - Birmingham
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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
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sgfisher@doctors.org.uk
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General Surgery
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Bala Piramanayagam
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TPD General Surgery - Stoke-Staffs
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George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
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Bala.Piramanayagam@geh.nhs.uk
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General Surgery
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Claire Pattenden
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Lead TPD - General Surgery
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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Clare.Pattenden@uhb.nhs.uk
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General Surgery
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Sarah Addison
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TPD General Surgery (Final Years)
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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sarah.addison@uhb.nhs.uk
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Neurosurgery
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Guirish Solanki
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TPD Neurosurgery
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Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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guirish.solanki@nhs.net
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Oral and maxillo-facial surgery
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Jason Green
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TPD OMFS
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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jasongreen@nhs.net
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Otolaryngology
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Lisha McClelland
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TPD ENT
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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lisha.mcclelland@uhb.nhs.uk |
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Paediatric Surgery
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Ruth Wragg
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TPD Paediatric Surgery
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Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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ruth.wragg@nhs.net
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Plastic Surgery
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Elizabeth Chipp
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TPD Plastic Surgery
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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Elizabeth.Chipp@uhb.nhs.uk
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Surgery (non-specialty)
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Thomas Pinkney
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Academic Lead
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Birmingham University
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Thomas.Pinkney@uhb.nhs.uk
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Surgery (non-specialty)
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Adam Farqharson
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Professional Lead
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
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adam.farquharson@nhs.net
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Surgery (non-specialty)
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Lucy Dalton
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TPD for Faculty Development
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Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
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Lucy.Dalton@uhb.nhs.uk
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Trauma and orthopaedic surgery
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Shahbaz malik
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TPD Trauma and Orthopaedics - Regional Education Lead
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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shahbazmalik@nhs.net
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Trauma and orthopaedic surgery
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Anna Chapman
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TPD Trauma and Orthopaedics - Lead TPD
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University Hospitals Conventry & Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
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anna.chapman@uhcw.nhs.uk
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Trauma and orthopaedic surgery
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Rohit Singh
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TPD Trauma and Orthopaedics - Osw-Stoke
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Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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rohit.singh5@nhs.net
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Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
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Shreeram Deshpande
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TPD Trauma and Orthopaedics - Birmingham
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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
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sdeshpande@nhs.net
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| Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery |
Gunaratnam Shyamalan |
TPD Trauma and Orthopaedics - Coventray/ Warwickshire |
University Hospitals Birmingham NSH Foundation Trust |
gunaratnam.shyamalan@nhs.net |
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Urology
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Herman Fernando
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TPD Urology
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
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herman.fernando@uhnm.nhs.uk
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Vascular surgery
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Alok Tiwari
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TPD Vascular Surgery
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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alok.tiwari@uhb.nhs.uk
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Surgery (non-specialty)
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Melissa Cunha
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TPD for teaching
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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Melissa.Cunha@uhb.nhs.uk
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