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Colchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust
Colchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust
This is north east Essex.
This is the Trust that serves the people of north east Essex…
Colchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust
Local Context: Population 370,000 for local acute
services, 670,000 for non-surgical oncology services
Main commissioner: North East Essex PCT
Strong relationship commissioners:Mid Essex | East Suffolk
Principal towns: Colchester | Clacton Harwich | Halstead
Colchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust
Our Trust Main sites:
Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital
Employs 3,300 staff
65603 A&E attendances: 2008/09
289430 outpatient appointments: 2008/09
69558 inpatient & daycase spells: 2008/09
3524 babies delivered: 2008/09
6200+ public members: Jan 2010
Colchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust
Our vision 93%* of our patients
surveyed would recommend us to their family and friends.
* SOURCE: National Inpatient Survey September 2007. 850 polled, 531 replied.
Colchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust
Rotations
Surgery (including Breast/plastics & Urology) Care of the Elderly Medicine (Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Renal,
Thoracic, Endocrine) Paediatrics Critical Care Anaesthetics ENT Surgery Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Colchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust
Consultant Led Support
Educational Supervisor Career Counselling Training/Exam Advice Ongoing support throughout year
Colchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust
Education & Training
E-portfolio Based Specific F1/F2 Teaching Schedule Grand Round Clinical Presentations Individual Department Training – including lunch
presentations Specialty Taster Sessions Available University Links – University of Essex, Anglia Ruskin
University, University of London
Colchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust
Resource Centre
Computer Aided Learning Medical Library - Access to a wide range of
general and specialist journals and standard
textbooks Fully Equipped Training Centre
Colchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Centres
Laparoscopic (Keyhole) Surgery – ICENI unit (today the unit carries out more advanced keyhole surgery than anywhere else in the UK)
Oncology (cancer) service - People from all over north and mid-Essex come to our Essex County Hospital cancer centre for our radiotherapy service, which had an exemplar cancer peer review in 2006.
Our stroke unit – according to the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement our stroke unit is in the top 10 performing units in the NHS.
Colchester Hospital UniversityNHS Foundation Trust
On-Site Facilities
Restaurant Tea Bars League of Friends Bus services come right into the Colchester General
Hospital grounds and stop at Essex County Hospital Nearby is a 24-hour Asda with its petrol station,
pharmacy and cash machines Town centre mile and a half away