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Hi
does anyone know alittle about the hospitals within this deanery i.e. pros and cons? Also does this deanery provide hospital accommodation?

Thanks
Original post by medicinewoman
Hi
does anyone know alittle about the hospitals within this deanery i.e. pros and cons? Also does this deanery provide hospital accommodation?

Thanks


Hereford County Hospital is a lovely DGH in the small city of Hereford. It is quite a rural area, and Hereford is slightly isolated from the rest of the deanery. Everyone at the hospital is super friendly, and it has a really nice feel to it. They only cover the general medical/surgical specialities, anyone who needs more specialised care goes to Worcester or Birmingham. When I was placed there the FY1 really enjoyed it. Many of them lived in the hospital accommodation to start with and then rented in groups once they got to know each other. They were a small but tight-knit group and socialised lots. If I were in that deanery I'd definitely consider it, the only real downside being that Hereford is quite a distance from other places! Hereford is the only hospital I've been placed at in that deanery so sorry I can't offer any help with the others!

As far as I know hospital accommodation is not provided free (it is in Wales), but there is definitely available accommodation at Hereford
Original post by toffeecrisp_
Hereford County Hospital is a lovely DGH in the small city of Hereford. It is quite a rural area, and Hereford is slightly isolated from the rest of the deanery. Everyone at the hospital is super friendly, and it has a really nice feel to it. They only cover the general medical/surgical specialities, anyone who needs more specialised care goes to Worcester or Birmingham. When I was placed there the FY1 really enjoyed it. Many of them lived in the hospital accommodation to start with and then rented in groups once they got to know each other. They were a small but tight-knit group and socialised lots. If I were in that deanery I'd definitely consider it, the only real downside being that Hereford is quite a distance from other places! Hereford is the only hospital I've been placed at in that deanery so sorry I can't offer any help with the others!

As far as I know hospital accommodation is not provided free (it is in Wales), but there is definitely available accommodation at Hereford



Thanks for your reply!! it was really helpful :smile:
They keep changing the Deaneries so I lose track of which hospitals are in which bit of the Deanery... but I worked at Worcester for a year and loved it. Looks like an airport from the outside. Generally busy jobs, vascular surgery is a particularly busy surgical job with a 4-bed HDU. Busy acute med dept, but really friendly staff who are supportive. I don't know if it is still the case now, but a few years ago each medical team had their own nurse practitioner who was a real help to the juniors. When I was there, most of the FY1s moved to Worcester for the year, some living in hospital accommodation and others down the hill in Worcester - but this meant that we would often go out for dinner / out together and there was a good team atmosphere, and we used to do a lot with the junior pharmacists as well. I know that some years, there is a higher proportion of people who commute from Birmingham and that can make it a bit more soulless to be living in Worcester when people aren't around in the evening. It's a beautiful town with lots of little quirky shops and the Malvern Hills are a short distance away (great walking). Worcester's hospital accommodation is really pretty good - flats with three ensuite bedrooms sharing a kitchen, used to be about £400/month a few years back, only downside is there is no living room so you end up sitting in your room or in the kitchen.

Not so sure about Redditch (Alexandra) - I did 6 weeks there as a student, and generally hear not so great things about it, but don't have personal experience of working there, and I know there are people who like it. All the A&E consultants quit en masse recently (there was something on the BBC about it). It's quite out in the middle of nowhere - not as rural as Hereford, but is out of Redditch town. It had a good cafe when I was there. Slightly different clientele to the posher Hereford / Worcester bunch.
Original post by junior.doctor
They keep changing the Deaneries so I lose track of which hospitals are in which bit of the Deanery... but I worked at Worcester for a year and loved it. Looks like an airport from the outside. Generally busy jobs, vascular surgery is a particularly busy surgical job with a 4-bed HDU. Busy acute med dept, but really friendly staff who are supportive. I don't know if it is still the case now, but a few years ago each medical team had their own nurse practitioner who was a real help to the juniors. When I was there, most of the FY1s moved to Worcester for the year, some living in hospital accommodation and others down the hill in Worcester - but this meant that we would often go out for dinner / out together and there was a good team atmosphere, and we used to do a lot with the junior pharmacists as well. I know that some years, there is a higher proportion of people who commute from Birmingham and that can make it a bit more soulless to be living in Worcester when people aren't around in the evening. It's a beautiful town with lots of little quirky shops and the Malvern Hills are a short distance away (great walking). Worcester's hospital accommodation is really pretty good - flats with three ensuite bedrooms sharing a kitchen, used to be about £400/month a few years back, only downside is there is no living room so you end up sitting in your room or in the kitchen.

Not so sure about Redditch (Alexandra) - I did 6 weeks there as a student, and generally hear not so great things about it, but don't have personal experience of working there, and I know there are people who like it. All the A&E consultants quit en masse recently (there was something on the BBC about it). It's quite out in the middle of nowhere - not as rural as Hereford, but is out of Redditch town. It had a good cafe when I was there. Slightly different clientele to the posher Hereford / Worcester bunch.


Thank you!!!
Other hospitals in included in the deanery at the moment are

University hospital coventry
St cross hospital rugby
Warwick hospital
George Eliot hospital
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George Elliot is God awful! DO NOT GO THERE! There's nothing good about it, i really disliked my time there, unsupported, run down hospital, just AVOID it like the plague!
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Original post by Jundoc123
George Elliot is God awful! DO NOT GO THERE! There's nothing good about it, i really disliked my time there, unsupported, run down hospital, just AVOID it like the plague!


care to elaborate? which rotations did you have?

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