CAREER IN PLASTIC SURGERY
A GUIDE FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
FOUNDATION
Deaneries
This section will focus on providing information regarding the Plastic Surgery departments in different deaneries. The important factors in applying for a deanery during your foundation years depends on several factors such as: the number of NHS Plastic Surgery departments, the available teaching facilities, departmental achievements and competitiveness. This guide will only cover the quantitative information of the deanery.
This list is accurate as of February 2015 and is soley based on Plastic Surgery Departments. (1) It does not include Oncoplastic or Breast Units. Not all NHS Trusts that have a Plastic Surgery Department offer a rotation in Plastics for the Foundation Programme, therefore careful research is paramount.
The deaneries in the United Kingdom are as follows:


Foundation School with Plastic Surgery Rotation
East Anglia
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Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust
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Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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East & North Herts NHS Trust
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West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust
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Academic F1 Rotation (Plastics rotation available but unclear)
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LNR
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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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FP Rotation (No Plastic Surgery rotation listed)
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Mersey
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St. Helen & Knowsley Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
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Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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FP Information (Plastic Surgery rotation available in Whiston)
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North Central Thames
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Royal Free Hampstead NHS Foundation Trust
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F1 Rotation Information (Plastics rotation only available in F2)
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East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
North East Thames
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Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
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Bart's Health NHS Trust
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Regular Plastic Surgery Courses Available
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Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
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FP Rotation (Plastics only available in F2)
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North West Thames
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
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Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
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FP Rotation List (Plastics only available in F2)
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North Western
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Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trus
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Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Pennine Acute Hospital NHS Trust
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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
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Stockpot NHS Foundation Trust
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F1 Plastics rotation (Only available in Lancashire)
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Northen
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Country Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
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Regular Plastic Surgery Courses Available: North East Flap Courses
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The Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (F2)
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Northrumbria Heathcare NHS Foundation Trust (F2)
Nortern Ireland
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South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Oxford
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust​
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
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Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation
Peninsula
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Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
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Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust
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​F1 Rotation List (3 Plastics rotations)
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Scottish
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North NHS Grampian
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South East NHS Lothian
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F1 Rotation (Plastics rotation available)
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
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​FP Rotation (Plastics rotation available)
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Regular Plastic Surgery Courses Available in Canniesburn Plastic Department
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Severn
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North Bristol NHS Trust
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Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
South Thames
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Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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FP Information (Plastics rotation offered at F1)
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Trent
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United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foudnation Trust
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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FP Information (No plastics rotation offered)
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Wales
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Hywel Dda Local Health Board
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F1 Rotation (Plastics not available in F1)
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Wessex
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Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
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​F1 Rotation List (Plastics rotation only available in F2)
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West Midlands Central
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Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
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Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
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F1 Rotation (F1 plastics rotation available)
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
West Midlands North
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The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Univeristy Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
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FP Information (No plastics rotation offered)
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West Midlands South
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George Elliot Hospital NHS Trust
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University Hospitals Conventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
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FP Information (No plastics rotation offered)
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West Yorkshire
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Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust & Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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F1 Rotation (Plastics rotation offered at F2)
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The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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F1 Rotation (Plastics rotation offered at F2)
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Regular Plastic Surgeries Courses available in Bradford: Courses
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References
(1) Foundation School Info. Foundation School Chooser. 2015. Link. (Date accessed: 19/02/15)
Note: Foundation programme rotation information are found in the respective website linked above.