A sneak peek of PAHT

Our Learning and Education Centre
Our newly built Learning and Education Centre is open to all of our people for learning and education purposes. The centre is adjacent to The Princess Alexandra Hospital main entrance.

This is Us Week
This is Us Week is our new annual engagement event where we recognise and develop our people. We will hold a range of sessions to help you develop, celebrate and have fun with your colleagues. This is Us Week will:

• Take place over six days and will be the last week of June every year from now
• Be open to all – make sure you don’t miss out
• Have sessions at Princess Alexandra; Herts and Essex and St Margaret’s Hospitals and Kao Park
• Offer an exciting mix of sessions, activities, learning and fun
• Celebrate our new annual This is Us Awards and our Long Service Awards
• and so much more…  

This year, the event will be held from 27 June – 2 July.

Medicine division one
The following specialities are included in the medicine division one:

• Associated medical wards
• Cardiology
• Diabetes and endocrinology
• Podiatry
• Respiratory
• Vascular

The triumvirate for the medicine division one includes:

• Dr Bob Ghosh, divisional director
• Joanne Ward, associate director of nursing
• Darren Hobbs, associate director of operations

Medicine division two
The following specialities are included in the medicine division two:

• Elderly medicine

• End of life and palliative care
• Frailty and inpatient wards
• Orthogeriatric services

The triumvirate for the medicine division one includes:

• Dr Bob Ghosh, divisional director
• Joanne Ward, associate director of nursing
• Darren Hobbs, associate director of operations

Urgent and emergency care division
The following specialities are included in the urgent and emergency care division:

• Acute medicine
• Emergency department
• Patient at home
• Same Day Emergency Care
• Urgent care

The triumvirate for the urgent and emergency care division includes:

• Dr Bob Ghosh, divisional director
• Polly Read, associate director of nursing
• Jenny Abel, associate director of operations

Surgery division one
The following specialities are included in the surgery division one:

• Critical care
• High Dependency Unit (HDU)
• Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
• Theatres

The triumvirate for the surgery division one includes:

• Mr Jonathan Refson, divisional director
• Pam Humphrey, associate director of nursing
• Holly Howlett, associate director of operations

Surgery division two
The following specialities are included in the surgery division two:

• Colorectal
• Endoscopy
• Gastroenterology
• General surgery
• Urology

The triumvirate for the surgery division two includes:

• Mr Jonathan Refson, divisional director
• Pam Humphrey, associate director of nursing
• Holly Howlett, associate director of operations

Surgery division three
The following specialities are included in the surgery division three:

• Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
• Haematology
• MSK
• Oral maxillofacial surgery
• Ophthalmology
• Trauma and orthopaedics

The triumvirate for the surgery division three includes:

• Mr Jonathan Refson, divisional director
• Pam Humphrey, associate director of nursing
• Holly Howlett, associate director of operations

Clinical support services division one
The following specialities are included in the clinical support services division one:

• Administration and outpatients
• Cancer delivery
• Chemical pathology
• Clinical secretariat
• Dermatology
• Haematology
• Medical records
• Neurology
• Oncology

The triumvirate for the clinical support services division one includes:

• Dr Monica Bose, divisional director
• Toni Wright, associate director of nursing and therapies
• Barbara Brafman-Price, associate director of operations

Clinical support services division two
The following specialities are included in the clinical support services division two:

• Audiology
• Breast services
• Infection, prevention and control
• Pathology
• Pharmacy
• Radiology
• Therapies

The triumvirate for the clinical support services division two includes:

• Dr Monica Bose, divisional director
• Toni Wright, associate director of nursing and therapies
• Barbara Brafman-Price, associate director of operations

Family and women’s division
The following specialities are included in the family and women’s division:

• Antenatal and newborn screening
• Antenatal care and clinics
• Community midwifery
• Early Pregnancy Unit (EPU)
• Gynaecology
• Labour care
• Labour Ward
• Obstretic ultrasound
• Maternal and foetal specialist services
• Maternal and Foetal Assessment Unit (MAFU)
• Maternity care
• Maternity inpatient wards
• Midwife-led birth centre
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
• Paediatric emergency department
• Paediatrics
• Paediatric inpatient wards
• Postnatal care
• Safeguarding for adults and children's

The triumvirate for the family and women’s division includes:

• Mr Alexander Field, divisional director
• Giuseppe Labriola, director of midwifery
• Andrea Philip, associate director of operations
   

A spotlight on Fathima Firdose - cancer pathway development manager 

A spotlight on Stuart Hanlon - head of technical services

A spotlight on Daniel Reading - biomedical microbiology scientist

A spotlight on Sheri Greenbank - registered nurse

A spotlight on Dr Jeff Phillips - consultant
 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our learning and development team at paht.learning-OD@nhs.net.
 

We look forward to you joining our team and seeing you at our two-day corporate induction. During the induction, you will have an opportunity to find out more about our hospital and listen to various speakers from our fantastic teams across PAHT.