NHS trust celebrate new intake of doctors from across UK to South Tyneside
Doctors from across the UK have chosen to call South Tyneside home as they begin their professional careers.
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed 93 Foundation Year 1 doctors to its hospitals to learn and supprot the health of local residents.
Those beginning their foundation years with the trust will spend their next two years on a programme of placements with the Trust’s medicine, surgery and community services.
They will also spend time at Hopewood Park in Sunderland, which is run by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust.
Francis Allen, 23, from St Albans in Hertfordshire. He graduated from Newcastle University earlier this summer and said: “I wanted to stay in the North East to train and I’d been here as a medical student, so I already know the Trust.
“I’m looking forward to using what I’ve learned in medical school, being part of the team and helping the people from Sunderland and South Tyneside.
“I’m most looking forward to my placements in different areas and I know I’m going to be based at South Tyneside District Hospital, so I’ll be getting to know that very well.”
Dr Shaz Wahid, the Trust’s Executive Medical Director added: “We are pleased to see these graduates are setting out on the next stage of their career with us.
“Many of them will have already met or recognise some of those they will be working alongside on our wards or in our services.
“We are always keen to keep the skills of those who have trained in the North East here to help our patients and strengthen our Trust.
“We’re also delighted to welcome those who are making the move from outside the region and have decided to make this their home as they begin the next stage of their working life.”
Find Your Place is an NHS campaign to welcome medical professionals to study and stay in the region.
Professor Paul Paes, Head of the School of Medicine at Newcastle University, added: "It is particularly encouraging to see so many of our graduates choose to remain in the North East, where they will play a vital role in supporting and strengthening some of the best healthcare services in the country.”