UK Foundation Programme in EBH/North central and east London

Hi there!

I am a final year student currently at Queen's University in Belfast. I am looking into applying to a foundation school in either EBH or North central and East London :smile:

I would love to know if anyone had any experiences of F1/2 in either of these deaneries - what deanery/hospital/placement would you recommend, or avoid?

My priority is somewhere with a work-life balance - if that's possible to find anywhere haha!

Thank you so much

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Anonymous #1

Hi there,

I also have the same question! I'm in final year and applying for North East and Central London and just wondered if anyone knows anything about the hospitals generally, especially Royal Free, Whittington, Barnet and UCH? I'm interested to know how the programmes and hospitals are and how well supported the F1s/F2s are. Thank you!

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Cheesychips1

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I've posted quite a few things about Nc&E on here before/ there has been some threads worth searching as others have contributed too

I did my F1 (2018-19) at the whitt and had the best time, it's very very well supported, really friendly and a DGH but still in zone 2. Was such a great place to do f1, no nights, time on take which was useful for learning. Did F2 at UCH, I really enjoyed it, big teaching hospital, rota was good, mess was sociable, excellent IT system, the best I've ever used - probably less friendly generally but that's just teaching hosp v DGH. Had some really specialist stuff which was interesting, including a very sought after F1 rheum job!
Barnet generally has an excellent reputation as very friendly and supportive.

I haven't worked at the royal free but have heard it's a good mess but that surgical jobs are pretty rough. Heard whipps X can be a baptism of fire but everyone really bands together. Heard pretty much only good things about RLH. People who get jobs at Barts seem to enjoy it, it's a very specialist hospital so if you're interested in onc/cardio/endo probably a good job.

I would recommend NC&E to anyone, ahd a great time! I know the london deaneries are merging and NW is meant to be pretty good too. Good luck

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Anonymous #2

Original post by haventaclue

Hi there!

I am a final year student currently at Queen's University in Belfast. I am looking into applying to a foundation school in either EBH or North central and East London :smile:

I would love to know if anyone had any experiences of F1/2 in either of these deaneries - what deanery/hospital/placement would you recommend, or avoid?

My priority is somewhere with a work-life balance - if that's possible to find anywhere haha!

Thank you so much

Not really an answer. I was wondering what the priority programmes in EBH were like, as could apply for those and then still rank London first. I was wondering about the ones in Watford that are new? So what is wAtford like? Worth it?
https://heeoe.hee.nhs.uk/foundation/training-programme/school-generalism

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sherlockholmes96

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Original post by Anonymous

Not really an answer. I was wondering what the priority programmes in EBH were like, as could apply for those and then still rank London first. I was wondering about the ones in Watford that are new? So what is wAtford like? Worth it?
https://heeoe.hee.nhs.uk/foundation/training-programme/school-generalism

Sorry to jump on this thread. When applying for FPP do we submit the FP application (having ticked yes to FPP) and then go to the FPP vacancy and complete another application? Cannot find the FPP jobs on the standard FP application?

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Anonymous #1

Original post by Cheesychips1

I've posted quite a few things about Nc&E on here before/ there has been some threads worth searching as others have contributed too

I did my F1 (2018-19) at the whitt and had the best time, it's very very well supported, really friendly and a DGH but still in zone 2. Was such a great place to do f1, no nights, time on take which was useful for learning. Did F2 at UCH, I really enjoyed it, big teaching hospital, rota was good, mess was sociable, excellent IT system, the best I've ever used - probably less friendly generally but that's just teaching hosp v DGH. Had some really specialist stuff which was interesting, including a very sought after F1 rheum job!
Barnet generally has an excellent reputation as very friendly and supportive.

I haven't worked at the royal free but have heard it's a good mess but that surgical jobs are pretty rough. Heard whipps X can be a baptism of fire but everyone really bands together. Heard pretty much only good things about RLH. People who get jobs at Barts seem to enjoy it, it's a very specialist hospital so if you're interested in onc/cardio/endo probably a good job.

I would recommend NC&E to anyone, ahd a great time! I know the london deaneries are merging and NW is meant to be pretty good too. Good luck

Thank you so much for this response cheesychips1, it's massively appreciated and answers lots of the questions I had about doing F1/F2 at Nc&E. I know they're now merging but very helpful to know all the same!

UK Foundation Programme in EBH/North central and east London

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