Living and Working in Yorkshire
Hull
Hull may not be the first place you have thought of as a choice of centre for your postgraduate training. But the city has shaken off its grimy industrial past to become a dynamic regional centre, and this is also reflected in our medical services and postgraduate training infrastructure. Development programmes have created new shopping centres, train and bus Terminals, the Hull Truck Theatre, waterfront living, and new office and hotel complexes. Within the next five years the city will have seen over £250 million of further investment. There are world class amenities such as The Deep (still the world’s only submarium) and the KC Stadium, home of Hull FC rugby league (and Hull City Football Club. The University of Hull is regularly voted as being among the most student-friendly institutions, and the social opportunities for young people play a large part in this.
The region has a diverse coastline, with award-winning sandy beaches and dramatic cliffs. Try Googling ‘Bempton Cliff gannets’, ‘Spurn Point’, ‘Whitby, Fossils’, or ‘William Wilberforce’. Within five miles of the city centre are miles of unspoilt countryside and woodland, perfect for walking, cycling or horse riding. There are numerous historic towns and picture postcard villages within a short drive. Housing is cheap compared to most of the UK, with a good selection of primary and secondary state and independent schools. There are excellent transport links with regular direct train services to Leeds, Manchester/Manchester Airport and London, a motorway link on the M62/A63 (recently upgraded into Hull), the ferry terminal for overnight travel to Europe, and Humberside airport (short haul European and charter flights).
The Hospitals
The Trust is based across three sites, Hull Royal Infirmary (HRI), Castle Hill Hospital (CHH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) and operates Outpatient Clinics on numerous other peripheral sites. It is one of the largest Trusts in England, providing acute care for over 550,000 local people and tertiary services for up to 1.2 million. The Trust employs ~6,700 people, with an annual budget > £300 million. The Trust is in the middle of a large capital investment programme which has already seen a new Women and Children’s Hospital and Eye Hospital opened at HRI. New investment is ongoing for cardiac and elective surgery facilities on the CHH site. The state-of-the-art cardiac centre will bring 1,400 more operations a year - a 33% rise, and will significantly increase the number of beds available for cardiac patients. The Oncology and Haematology Hospital is also being built on the CHH site. It will be a UK Centre of excellence for the treatment and care of patients with cancer, utilising the most up-to-date technology available, serving a wide catchment area from Scarborough in the north, Scunthorpe and Grimsby in the south and Goole to the west.
Hull Royal Infirmary (752 beds)
This hospital is the major Acute hospital in East Yorkshire and serves a population in excess of 600,000. It has the only Accident and Emergency department and the following specialities:-
- Cardiology
- Neurosurgery
- Clinical Haematology
- Neurophysiology
- Diabetes/Endocrinology
- Ophthalmology
- ENT & Head & Neck Surgery
- Oral Surgery & Orthodontics
- General Medicine
- Orthopaedics
- General Surgery & Vascular Surgery
- Paediatric Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Paediatric Surgery
- Medicine for the Elderly
- Rheumatology
- Neurology
- Renal Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Acute Admissions Unit - The Acute Admissions Unit is situated adjacent to the A & E Department. The Unit allows greater integration of the General Medical teams with the Department of Medicine for the Elderly, at junior and senior level to cope better with the growing pressures on emergency admissions. Close working relationships are established between the Admissions Unit and the A & E Department.
A ten-bedded Intensive Care Unit is in close proximity to the 9 main Operating room complex, with a 14 bedded High Dependency Unit adjacent to the ICU. There is a separate Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit and a Cardiac Monitoring Unit.
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
his new development opened in March 2003 and provides maternity wards and clinics, an antenatal day unit, a delivery suite, a neonatal unit with special and intensive care, theatres, an early pregnancy assessment unit, 25 gynaecology beds, a gynaecology day surgery unit, gynaecology day care and outpatients' department, a sub-fertility unit, an ultrasound department, and a children's outpatient department.
Eye Hospital
A new eye hospital was completed in October 2002, and provides three operating theatres, a pre-assessment suite, a twelve-bed inpatient ward, administrative space and a seminar room.
Castle Hill Hospital (507 beds)
The hospital is the other major hospital on North Humberside. Clinical Services currently on site include:
- Cardiology Infectious Diseases
- Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Plastic Surgery Service
- Gastroenterology
- Birth Centre General
- Medicine
- Orthopaedics
- Genito Urinary Medicine
- Rehabilitation
- General Surgery & Thoracic Medicine
- Medicine for the Elderly
- Urology
- North Humberside Breast Screening Service
As part of the ongoing ICU/HDU development, a new building will help provide an additional 7 beds to the existing 9-bedded Intensive Care Unit.
The Academic Surgical Unit, headed by Professor John Monson, and the Academic Medical Unit led by Professor Alyn Morice are based at this hospital.
The Princess Royal Hospital (50 beds)
The Princess Royal Hospital accommodates the departments of Dermatology and Clinical Oncology. Both will soon move to Castle Hill Hospital.
Westwood Hospital, Beverley
Outpatients and minor injuries only.