Halton & Warrington

When you have been successful in your application to come to the Warrinton and Halton you will be contacted by Dr Anthony Clark, the Training Programme Director for that area. He will ask you to name your ideal 4 hospital posts to enhance your GP training. You may consider your previous experience when describing this - more weight would be attached to post-foundation experience.

Dr Anthony Clark will then try as much as possible, with the hospital posts available to him, to match your request. If there are not enough posts available in a particular speciality then priority will be given to the person with the higher recruitment score. We do our best when matching preferences.

You may be eligible for accreditation of transferable competencies. To qualify, you must be transferring into general practice from one of the RCGP Approved Speciality Training Programmes

If you intend to apply for less than full time training, you would need to apply formally using the HENW website.

Innovative Training Posts (ITPs) are an option offering exposure to and experience in other environments whilst continuing to work in General Practice. Fifty percent of the working week is in General Practice and the rest in the ITP. Out of hours (OOH) and formal assessments will continue during these posts. In Warrington and Halton we have the following ITP Posts available: Palliative Care – Based at Halton Haven Hospice

Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

www.whh.nhs.uk

The Trust manages two major hospital sites - Warrington Hospital and Halton General Hospital and also provides services at the Cheshire and Merseyside Treatment Centre on the Halton site.

Serving a local population of 313,463 people (194,711 in Warrington and 118,752 in Halton), there are around 600 beds across all the hospitals, employing around 4100 staff. The Trust has an annual turnover in excess of £210 million. The hospital sites are around 10 miles apart and are easily accessible via the North West motorway network.

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Warrington Hospital

01925 635911

Warrington Hospital focuses on emergency and specialist care and has all the back-up services required to treat patients with a range of complex medical and surgical conditions. Many new departments and facilities have opened at the hospital over the last few years and it provides a full range of expert inpatient and outpatient services.

Warrington Hospital is home to the Trust’s accident and emergency department and maternity services. If surgery or care might require extra support or a high level of specialist care it is likely that it will be carried out at Warrington. The hospital is also home to specialist critical care, stroke, cardiac and surgical units.

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Halton General Hospital

01928 714567

Housing a mix of inpatient and outpatient services, a range of care for medical and surgical conditions is provided at Halton General Hospital in Runcorn.

For non-complex surgery is non-complex which does not require a long hospital stay, it is likely to be carried out at Halton General. There are low operation cancellation rates at the hospital as routine surgery is not as threatened by emergency work - which can take priority in larger hospitals. The hospital is home to a minor injuries unit (open 9am to 10pm every day) which provides a range of minor emergency care services for local people and the hospital provides x-ray facilities until 8pm. A step-down ward at the hospital is designed for patients who have had surgery or emergency medical care, but who require some further support before going home. Halton also provides chemotherapy services on site and the hospital is home to the Delamere Macmillan Unit which provides cancer support and advice.

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Cheshire and Merseyside Treatment Centre

01928 701777

The Cheshire and Merseyside Treatment Centre - also known as the CMTC - is where orthopaedic surgery and treatment services take place on the Halton General Hospital campus.

CMTC provides surgery ranging from hand and foot operations, through to spinal back surgery and hip replacement operations at the centre - as well as sports injuries (sports medicine) and other bone and joint care. The centre is located just across from the main Halton General building.

The centre was purpose built for orthopaedic surgery and was originally opened in 2006 as a home for a private health provider who was contracted to the NHS until 2011. The site was re-opened for local orthopaedic services in 2013 and today is a popular choice for surgery.

Current Available Posts 

• Psychiatry - 2 at Hollins Park, 1 at Halton Borough.
• Accident and Emergency
• Medicine
• Paediatrics
• Obstetrics and gynaecology
• Palliative care (ITP post)

• Cannot think of anything to change. The sessions have been excellent and I have gained a lot of valuable knowledge from these sessions...thank you!
• Initially, when I started my training I didn't have experience working in primary care. Attending HDR helped me to improve my knowledge & made me more confident about my career as a GP. I felt very supported in the HDR team & everyone was very friendly. So it was easier for me to ask questions, sharing the area of difficulties & learning new things.
• The extra sessions such as yoga I found of great benefit. It’s useful to learn ways to look after your health when working. I feel this is an appropriate use of a session seeing the recent GMC survey found 1/3 of junior doctors to be “burnt out”.
• 100% trainees said the half day release teaching made them feel more positive about their career in General Practice.
• The sessions were very well organised and the Tutors were very supportive and helpful.