Medicine and Elderly Health are fully integrated at The Princess Royal Hospital. The appointees will participate at Senior House Officer level taking part in an unselected medical intake rota and will gain excellent experience in all the major medical specialities and on an active medical assessment unit. The Department runs an active educational programme for it’s SHO’s and there are also regular departmental teaching meetings, a weekly x-ray discussion meeting and monthly medical and surgical grand rounds.

Obstetrics & Gynaecology – Haywards Heath

The Gynaecology Unit (Horsted Keynes Ward) comprises 12 in-patient beds for Gynaecology and Breast care. An early pregnancy assessment service is provided in the unit. The unit provides an ambulatory diagnostic and therapeutic gynaecological Endoscopy service in the purpose-built Gynaecological Endoscopy and Colposcopy suite. Colposcopy Clinics are held on a regular basis.

The Orthopaedic department consists of 14 consultants, 10 SPR’s , 2 Associate Specialists, 2 Research Fellows, 1 Staff Grade, 3 Trust Grade at SpR level and 17 RTGs/F 2s/Trust Grades.

The department works on both main sites of BSUH. All trauma surgery is undertaken at the RSCH site in Brighton whilst elective surgery is undertaken at the new ISTC building in the grounds of PRH. Complex elective surgery also takes place on the PRH site.

he Education Centre at the Princess Royal Hospital is located on the second floor opposite the Library. The centre has two lecture theatres one seats 150 (and is divisible into two separate seminar rooms each fully equipped with state of the art audio visual facilities) and an 80 seater lecture theatre. Each Lecture theatre has a live link to the operating theatres.

The Princess Royal Hospital is a new hospital to serve the people of Haywards Heath and surrounds. You will spend approximately 25% of your total time at this hospital’s fully staffed and equipped Accident and Emergency department.