Mersey Training School (Liverpool)
| Training School Lead: Dr Aaron Borbora
Department of Forensic Pathology, Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, 4th Floor Linda McCartney Centre, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Mount Vernon Street, Liverpool, L7 8YE
Email: Aaron.Borbora@liverpoolft.nhs.uk Tel: 0151 7064301 |
| Training School Deputy: N/A |
| Administrator: Alison Budd
Email: Alison.Budd@liverpoolft.nhs.uk Tel: 0151 706 5381 |
| Contact person for arranging Cellular Pathology taster sessions: Any of the above may be contacted |
| No. of trainees per school / deanery:5 (Mersey) |
ST1 rotations:
Trainees spend 60% of the year at RLUH and 40% at Whiston , excluding block teaching weeks and induction period. |
ST2-5 rotations:
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| Training programme for ST1’s:
The ST1 year includes an induction (approximately 2 weeks), an introduction to autopsy practice (1-2 weeks), 3 block teaching weeks (including the national Bristol block teaching) and 3 weeks gynae cytology training delivered at the Manchester Cytology Training Centre. The remainder of the time is spent on the trainee rota at RLUH/Whiston. ST teaching takes places on Monday afternoon and is a combination of regional and local delivery and general (all trainees) and ST1 specific sessions. |
| Cluster for your school:Northern – Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield, Manchester and Leeds |
| Health Education England (Deanery) for your area:Health Education North West (formerly Mersey Deanery)Amanda TaylorProgramme Support Manager for ACCS, Emergency Medicine, Radiology, Pathology & Psychiatry, Health Education North West, Regatta Place, Brunswick Business Park, Summers Road, Liverpool, L3 4BLEmail: england.pathology.nw@nhs.netTel:0161 268 9706Website: www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk |
| Head of School or TPD:Dr Katherine Brougham – Training Programme Director (Mersey)Department of Pathology, Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot, L35 5DREmail:katherine.brougham@sthk.nhs.ukTel: 0151 430 1824 |
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