Clinical Training Centre: Wessex Clinical Training Centre
Address: Longfleet Road, Poole, Dorset. BH15 2JB
Telephone No: 01202 665511
Cores available: General Practice (FM) only at The Adam Practice, Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Surgery (Psychiatry at St Ann’s Hospital, Poole)
Electives Available: See Electives Offered at UK Hospitals
Website: www.uhd.nhs.uk/hospitals-poole
Director of Medical Education: Dr Simon Crowther
Student Coordinator: Katherine Jennings
Contact Details:
0300 019 8477 (Telephone)
katherine.jennings6@nhs.net
www.uhd.nhs.uk/hospitals-poole
Accommodation type: Single en suite study bedroom, shared kitchen
Accommodation cost per month: £504 at Poole General Hospital
Internet access in bedrooms: Yes
Immunisation requirements: Tetanus, Polio, Hep B, Diphtheria, Rubella & TB
Travel time to London by train: 2 hours
The Trust & the Hospital
Poole General Hospital part of University Hospitals Dorset
Poole Hospital is an acute general hospital based on the south coast of England. The trust employs around 4000 staff. The hospital has a 24-hour major accident and emergency department and is the designated trauma unit for East Dorset, serving a population of around 500,000 people. In addition, the hospital’s flagship Dorset Cancer Centre provides medical and clinical oncology services for the whole of Dorset, serving a total population of over 750,000. Both St Mary’s Maternity Hospital and Forest Holme, the palliative care unit, are located a short walk from the main hospital.
Poole Hospital provides acute services for the local population of Poole, Purbeck and East Dorset and is the lead provider for the Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch conurbation for trauma, maternity, paediatrics, maxillo-facial surgery and ENT services
With a history of innovation, the Trust provides pioneering services across a range of clinical specialties. The hospital is a centre of excellence and training in keyhole surgery; our elderly care unit has received national acclaim for its pioneering model of multidisciplinary care; and the nurse-led medical investigations unit has been highlighted as a benchmark in nursing innovation. Poole Hospital has recently merged with both Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals. This has now created a combined trust, newly named University Hospitals Dorset. Although the majority for placements will take place on the Poole site, there is a chance that some placements may take place in Bournemouth. There is a bus service that runs between the 2 sites daily. If you wish to find out more information about this, please contact the Student Coordinator.
Poole is the first UK hospital to have 3 dedicated Clinical Education Fellows for our SGU students, who provide weekly simulation, tutorials, NBME teaching sessions and clinical bedside teaching and we are one of the UK centres for the UK Simulation Course.
Poole itself has a very varied and rich history, which we encourage all our students to explore. With Poole Harbour being a haven for sailors, wildlife and water sports and is a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Poole is also home of the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and their training college with hotel and restaurant is located right on the harbours edge.