Clinical Training Centre: East Anglia Clinical Training Centre
Address: Drayton High Road, Norwich, Norfolk. NR6 5BE
Telephone No: 01603 421421
Cores available: Psychiatry ONLY
Electives Available: Psychiatry ONLY
Website: www.nsft.nhs.uk
Director of Medical Education: Dr. Jon Wilson
Student Co-ordinator: Zoe Baines
Contact Details:
07534 902691 (Telephone)
zoe.baines@nsft.nhs.uk
Accommodation type:
Onsite at NNUH – Single or double en-suite bedrooms with shared communal areas. Single rooms at £550 per month/ Double £605 per month.
Offsite- private renting, house shares & rooms (single, double & en-suite) with shared communal areas. Prices on request from letting agencies.
Accommodation cost per month:
Single Occupancy £570
Double Occupancy £625
Internet access in bedrooms: Yes
Immunisation requirements: Tetanus, Polio, Hep B, Rubella, Varicella & TB
Travel time to London by train: 2 hours
The Trust & the Hospital
Hellesdon Hospital
Psychiatric Services in Norfolk are provided by Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), which provides inpatient and community mental health services across the large geographical area of Norfolk and Suffolk.
In the UK the focus of psychiatric care is in the community, with inpatient treatment only used for a small proportion of patients. The aim is to promote genuine recovery to encourage those using the services to regain their lives through dedicated specialist teams who work closely with patients, their carers, their families and other organisations to put together a plan of care which suits each individual person.
The psychiatric rotation in Norfolk offers students an experience across the whole of the patient’s care pathway covering hospital settings and community care as well as a range of specialties including forensic, older adult, learning disability and children’s mental health settings.
Students are exposed to a wide range of mental health issues and receive daily clinical teaching on an informal basis together with organised teaching rounds and benefit from a dedicated SGU Teaching Fellow who provides regular focused teaching sessions and mentoring. Most importantly the rotation offers a friendly and welcoming environment in which to learn.