St Helen’s & Knowsley Teaching hospital (Whiston)
- Details
Whiston Hospital
Warrington Road,
Prescot,
L35 5DR
Staff
| Clinical Director: | Mr Tennyson Idama |
| College Tutor; | Mrs Sandhya Rao |
| Consultants: | 9 |
| Associate Specialists | 3 |
| Staff Grades | 1 |
| STR 3-7: | 5 |
| GP STR/FY | 8 |
| STR1 and 2 | 2 |
| FY 1 | 1 |
For visits please contact Mrs Sandhya Rao Tel 0151 430 1680 (Sec)
The Hospital has approximately 3500 deliveries per annum. All services are provided in the directorate and have consultant led satellite maternity services at Runcorn, Widnes, Hay dock and Newton le Willows.
| Consultant | Special interest |
| Mr H Hamed | Urogynaecology |
| Mr Tennyson Idama | Fetomaternal Medicine, Labour Ward |
| Mr Cally Nwosu | Fetomaternal Medicine. |
| Mrs Julie Langton | Infertility |
| Mr Phil Morgan | Menstrual Dysfunction |
| Mrs S Rao | Early pregnancy, Vulval diseases |
| Mr .T.Kundodyiwa | Oncology and Colposcopy |
| Dr V Cording | Hysteroscopy ,Perinatal mental health |
| Mrs N Srivastava | Colposcopy ,Oncology,Obesity in pregnancy |
Advanced Training Skills Modules
These are currently offered in
| Early pregnancy and Gynaecological ultrasound | Mrs S Rao |
| Colposcopy | Mr.T.Kundodyiwa |
| Benign abdominal surgery -open | Mr Morgan |
| Advanced labour ward practice | Mr Idama |
| Vulval diseases | Mrs Rao |
| Urogynaecolgy and vaginal surgery | Mr Hamed |
| Benign vaginal surgery | Mrs Langton |
| Advanced Antenatal practice | Mr Nwosu |
| Benign abdominal surgery -open | Mrs Langton |
| Benign abdominal surgery –laparoscopic | Mr Kundodyiwa |
The Unit provides core obstetric ultrasound training and specialist clinics including colposcopy, urodynamics, early pregnancy, vulva clinic and out patient hysteroscopy clinics. The unit provides fortnightly multidisciplinary diabetes in pregnancy clinics .Three minor procedure clinics are held each week and run by speciality trainees for ring pessaries,IUCD insertions etc There is a dedicated and active risk management team and the directorate has achieved CNST level 2 accreditation .The third year and fourth year students from Liverpool University attend the unit for clinical training. The Department has a well-established training programme with rolling regular half-day Audit/Education sessions. In addition, there are regular fortnightly Multi disciplinary cancer meetings. The on-call rota is a fully compliant shift system shared between 5 STR’s and 4 Staff Grades. In addition, the unit can provide training in all the ultrasound modules for the intermediate curriculum.
There is a weekly Grand round presentation in the hospital. The unit has a robust teaching programme for the GP STR and Foundation trainees. There is a weekly meeting on Thursday at lunchtime.
