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NET Respiratory trainees are highly successful, but it’s sometimes difficult to keep track of what everyone is up to. We would like to start highlighting the achievements of all SpRs on the programme, including research, education, leadership, quality improvement and personal development. Over the next few months we’d like to start collating past achievements so … Continue reading
In July we gathered at the Royal Free Hospital for a collection of talks on COPD, asthma, NTMs and a focus on pleural disease. Academic COPD update and the new London α1 antitrypsin deficiency Dr John Hurst began the day with a review of COPD, encouraging us to question the current methods of defining and diagnosing COPD, and to … Continue reading
Despite Dr Bhowmik’s best attempts to ensure we were all aware of the requirements for ARCP sign off, there were a number of trainees who unexpectedly received Outcome 5s (including at least one of the reps….). So, here is a revamped list of things to consider in order to smoothly navigate the ARCP/PYA process. Also … Continue reading
A new process has been established “to ensure consistent and transparent decision-making in enabling trainee movement between London programmes, using defined criteria.” This process is called Intra London Programme Transfers (ILPT) and is now live. It recognises that during training individuals may experience significant changes in their personal circumstances that may make the continuation of training … Continue reading
In June we were welcomed to the Whittington Hospital for a day on breathlessness. We were joined by colleagues including respiratory specialist nurses, physiotherapists, specialist pharmacists, members of NHS England and a doctor from the Netherlands. A big tick in the multidisciplinary team curriculum box! Breathlessness vs respiratory failure: what matters to patients and respiratory clinicians? … Continue reading
Get your chest medicine aide memoires, scores and calculators at your fingertips. Created by a Respiratory registrar, it’s great to have on hand when you start as an ST3 (and later!). For handover week only it is free to download, so get it on your iPhone now!
Updated in Feb 2020 Homerton University Hospital is a district general hospital providing hospital and community services to the people of Hackney, the City of London and beyond. It was one of the first Foundation Trusts and remains financially viable. It provides specialist care in obstetrics, neonatology, foetal medicine, fertility, laparoscopic surgery, bariatric surgery, asthma … Continue reading
It was great to see lots of trainees, as well as local GPs and other colleagues from Hackney, at World TB Day at Homerton. Interesting facts about Homerton: Hackney’s first hospital was founded in 1280, called the Kingsland Leper Hospital (based on Kingsland Road). It was one of ten leper hospitals set up in London. Ronnie … Continue reading
Put the dates in the diary (or synch your calendar with the RespNET calendar and it appear automatically – see page on Training Programme to find out how) and book your place on the first GIM Training day of 2014! I can feel the CPD points accumulating already… http://uclpgimtrainingday.eventbrite.com For other ways to rack up those … Continue reading
In March we gathered at the London Chest Hospital for a day of allergy, ventilation and surgery. Many thanks to Marilu (Dr Marilu Nuila) for co-ordinating the day. Interesting facts about the London Chest Hospital: The London Chest Hospital was founded in 1848 at a meeting held at the London Tavern in the City of … Continue reading
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