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

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Links

Rotation website

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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

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Links
Deanery website - excellent website

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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

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Links

Deanery website

London deanery handbook

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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

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Links
Deanery website - only has contact details
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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

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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

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Links
Deanery website - contact details only

eyedocs reviews

South West - Severn

Centred on Bristol 

Number of trainees - ?

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

Peculiar features

• Simulator at Cheltenham

Rotation pattern

Average house price for main city

£242,800

Hospitals Map

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Links
Deanery website

eyedocs reviews

Wessex

Centred on Southampton/Portsmouth

Number of trainees - ? 

NTS rankings 2015 - 18 - out of 15/16

Features

Rotation pattern

ST1-5: Any site

ST6-7: Southampton/Portsmouth

Average house price for main city

£207,500

Hospitals Map

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Links

Deanery website

pdf Programme description

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West Midlands

Centred on Birmingham

Number of trainees 58 

NTS rankings 2015 - 18 - out of 15/16

Features

Rotation pattern

ST1-2: 4x 6 month posts (in different hospitals) - you are told all 4 posts at the start of ST1 and ST3
ST3-4: ditto
ST5-7: trainee selected components

Average house price for main city

£137,300

Hospitals Map

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Links
Deanery website

eyedocs reviews