*** 2021 recruitment - apologies that I could not update it for this round, I hope you still find it useful *** 

Updated for 2019 recruitment

A site dedicated to bringing together comparable information about the UK schools of ophthalmology.

So, you have got an interview, but how to go about ranking the locations? I hope this website will help you find some objective info about the different rotations, and advice on the ranking process.

There are maps of the rotations, rankings for each deanery from the latest national training survey, and other useful info and links.

Please use the tabs above for articles, and the right hand column to look at rotation summaries, and feel free to leave comments about how the website could be improved in the future.

(Note, in England, deaneries are now called LETB. This site still calls them deaneries.)

Thanks for visiting.

Dan Gosling

East Midlands - North

Centred on Nottingham

Number of trainees - Few

NTS rankings 2015-2018 - out of 15/16 (results combined with South rotation)

Features

• EyeSi simulator at Nottingham

Rotation pattern
?

Average house price for main city

£132,300

Hospitals Map

View East Midlands - North in a larger map

Links
Deanery website - no website specifically for the north rotation, as the deanery description only describes the south rotation.

eyedocs reviews

East Midlands - South

Centred on Leicester

Number of trainees 12

NTS rankings 2015 - 2018 - out of 15/16 (results combined with South rotation)

Features

• Eyesi simulator in Leicester

Rotation pattern

ST1 in Kettering / Lincoln
Usually alternate between DGH and Leicester each year. (approx 8 trainees in Leicester, 4 in DGHs).

Average house price for main city

£146,200

Hospitals Map

View East Midlands - South in a larger map

Links

Rotation website

eyedocs reviews

East of England

Centred on Cambridge/Norwich

Number of trainees 38

NTS rankings 2015 - 2018 - out of 15/16

Features

• Simulator at Great Yarmouth

Rotation pattern
Trainees apply one of 3 rotations and will stay in that area throughout - see deanery website link below

East = Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Ipswich, Bury St.Edmunds and/or Cambridge

West = Cambridge, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Luton and/or Norwich

South = Cambridge, Southend, Watford, Welwyn Garden, Chelmsford and Colchester

Average house price for main city

£398,100

Hospitals Map

View East of England in a larger map

Links
Deanery website - excellent website

eyedocs reviews

Kent, Surrey, Sussex

Centred on Brighton

Number of trainees Lots

NTS rankings 2015 - 2018 - out of 15/16

Rotation pattern

Apply for ST1&2 location - further rotations can be anywhere in the deanery

Average house price for main city

£347,200

Hospitals Map

View KSS in a larger map

Links
Deanery website

eyedocs reviews

London - North rotation

Centred on London - North rotation

Number of trainees An ocean of trainees

NTS rankings 2015 - 2018 - out of 15/16

Features

• Simulator at Moorfields and Western eye hospital

Rotation pattern

ST1-2: Same hospital

ST3-6: Rotate

ST7: Trainee selected component - competitive application with South rotation

Average house price for main city

£455,000

Hospitals Map

View London - North in a larger map

Links

Deanery website

London deanery handbook

eyedocs reviews

London - South rotation

Centred on London - South of the Thames

Number of trainees

Ophthalmology NTS rankings 2015 - 2018 - of 15/16

Features

• Simulator at Moorfields and Western eye hospital

Rotation pattern

ST1-2: Same hospital

ST3-6: Rotate

ST7: Trainee selected component - competitive application with North rotation

Average house price for main city

£455,000

Hospitals Map

View London - South in a larger map

Links

Deanery website

London deanery handbook

eyedocs reviews

Mersey

Centred on Liverpool

Number of trainees

NTS rankings 2015 - 18 - out of 15/16 (now combined with Manchester as North West Deanery)

Features

• Simulator at Arrowe Park hospital
• February start available

Rotation pattern
?

Average house price for main city

£110,800

Hospitals Map

View Mersey in a larger map

Links
Deanery website - only has contact details
eyedocs reviews

North East

Centred on Newcastle/Sunderland

Number of trainees - Few

NTS rankings 2015 - 18 - out of 15/16

Features

• Simulator at Newcastle

Rotation pattern

ST1-2: 4x6 months at Newcastle, Sunderland, Darlington, Carlisle

ST3-7: Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesborough

Average house price for main city

£120,800

Hospitals Map

View North East in a larger map

Links
Deanery website

eyedocs reviews

Northern Ireland

Centred on Belfast

Number of trainees 17

NTS rankings 2015 - 18 - out of 15/16

Features

• Simulator at Belfast

Rotation pattern

Average house price for main city

£120,600

Hospitals Map

View Northern Ireland in a larger map

Links
Deanery website - contact details only

eyedocs reviews

North West

Centred on Manchester

Number of trainees - Many

NTS rankings 2015 - 18 - out of 15/16 (now combined with Mersey)

Features
?

Rotation pattern

ST1-2: 12 month rotations

ST3-7: 6 monthly rotations

(minimum 3 years total at Manchester)

Average house price for main city

£140,600

Hospitals Map

View North West in a larger map

Links
Deanery website

eyedocs reviews

South West - Peninsula

Centred on Plymouth/Exeter

Number of trainees - ?

NTS rankings 2015 - 18 - out of 15/16 (now combined with Severn)

Features

• EyeSi simulator in Torbay

Rotation pattern

Average house price for main city

£246,200

Hospitals Map

View Peninsula in a larger map

Peninsula
Deanery website

eyedocs reviews