NHS Hospitals Trust posts participating in VTS GP Registrar Vocational Training Scheme
Burton Hospitals NHS Trust
Queen's Hospital is a District General Hospital which has a reputation as a friendly hospital which serves its local community.
The first hospital in Burton was started in 1867 and provided 22 beds. The old General Hospital closed in 1993 and the beds were moved to the recently completed Queen’s Hospital - now 510 beds. The new hospital was formally opened by Her Majesty the Queen in December 1995.
Queen's Hospital (Burton) was one of the first to have a fully operational Hospital Information Support System or HISS. This system was featured on "Medicine Now" on Radio 4, in 1997, with the comment, "a taste of the future!" It is well liked by all the hospital staff!
The modern, spacious Medical Education Centre and Library boasts an excellent library with on-line information services. It was the first library in the West Midlands Region to be awarded a Grade 1 for its facilities.
The appointed trainees will undergo Basic Life Support Course in the well equipped Resuscitation Training Unit.
The hospital enjoys links with the University Hospitals of Birmingham, Nottingham & Derby and Leicester, and trainees are encouraged to attend the postgraduate meetings.
The hospital posts include General Medicine, Care of the Elderly (which deals with acute admissions of those over 75 years), A&E, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ENT and Ophthalmology.
For more information see the hospital website - www.burtonhospital.com.
South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust.
The Public Health post is based at South Staffordshire PCT in Rugeley www.southstaffordshirepct.nhs.uk This is a relativley new post for the scheme which will enable SHOs to get a better grasp of the population health issues which form an important part of modern General Practice.
South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust
The Psychiatry posts are with South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust www.southstaffshealthcare.nhs.uk. Posts are located at either Margaret Stanhope Wing at Burton on Trent, or George Bryant Centre in Tamworth, or St Michaels Annex in Lichfield.