Clinical Training Centre: Wessex Clinical Training Centre
Address: Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire. RG24 9NA
Telephone No: 01256 473202
Cores Available: Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Surgery
Electives Available: See Electives Offered at UK Hospitals
Website: www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk
Director of Medical Education: Ms Amara Sohail
Student Coordinator: Fiona Stones
Contact Details: 01962 824851 (Telephone) grenadian.students@hhft.nhs.uk
Accommodation type: Four person shared flat, en-suite study bedroom
Accommodation cost per month: £500 - £549
Internet access in bedrooms: Yes
Immunisation requirements: Hep B, Rubella, Measles, Mumps, Polio, Tetanus, Varicella & TB
Travel time to London by train: 45 minutes
The Trust & the Hospital
North Hampshire Hospital
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire. North Hampshire Hospital has around 450 beds and provides a full range of planned and emergency services including accident and emergency, general and specialist surgery, general medicine, intensive care, rehabilitation, chemotherapy, diagnostic services, maternity, neonatal, gynaecology, paediatric care and out patient clinics. These include specialist services for rare or complex illnesses for patients across the UK, including liver cancer, colorectal cancer and pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare lower abdominal cancer). There is also a purpose built diagnosis and treatment centre (DTC) which opened in 2005. North Hampshire Hospital has second, fourth and final year medical students from the University of Southampton and final year students from St George’s Hospital, London as well as electives from other parts of the United Kingdom in addition to taking St George’s University students. The ARK Conference Centre adjacent to the department of postgraduate medical education hosts excellent weekly lectures, journal clubs and core training to support doctors’ education.