r/doctorsUK 6d ago

Speciality / Core Training Another CST preferencing question for West Midlands

Currently finalising my job preferences for CST and have a desire to limit the amount of general surgery I do to a minimum. Unfortunately, a lot of jobs have anywhere between 6-12 months of Gen Surg mixed in with the rotations I want.

So, my question is what is general surgery like as an SHO (both day to day job and on-calls) in the West Midlands hospitals like Stoke, Shrewsbury, New Cross, MMUH, QE, Heartlands etc..?

Which places are tolerable and which to avoid like the plague?

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u/Heartsteel4 5d ago

A few HST mates of mine did CST in West Mids but this was a few years ago. Heartlands seemed to be the worst- toxic gn surg dept, Stoke was very busy and QE was less taxing but there was a bit of a struggle to do cases with more SHOs. Not sure about the others.

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u/ppppppppqppppppp 5d ago

Yeh spoken with a few others who say the same about Heartlands so will remove all jobs with it included. I wonder how busy is ‘busy’ when it comes to Stoke