School Information
The Stoke-on-Trent School of Anaesthesia was established in 1996. The Administration of the School is run through the Academic Office, located at University Hospitals North Midlands. It is overseen by two Training Programme Directors. The Stoke School is one of three schools of Anaesthesia in the West Midlands (the others being Warwickshire and Birmingham Schools of Anaesthesia). It comprises six hospitals in the region. We are also closely affiliated with Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Hospital in Oswestry and Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Each hospital within the School has a College Tutor (and in some cases two or three) who organise anaesthesia training for its post graduate doctors in training (approx.130 across the School). Each hospital has a number of Education Supervisors, who plan training and assess the progress of the doctors on a regular basis. Day-to-day training is delivered by the Consultant body of Clinical Supervisors. Training is delivered in a modular format according to the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ curriculum. The workbooks will guide you with regards to the assessments required for each stage of training.
You will be assessed annually by an ARCP panel to review your progress.
Regional Advisor & Training Programme Directors:
Regional Advisor: Dr Shashank Agarwal – shashank.agarwal1@nhs.net
CT Programme Director: Dr Lloyd Craker – lloyd.craker@uhnm.nhs.uk
ST Programme Director: Dr Sreekanth Uppugonduri – sreekanthuppugonduri@nhs.net
School of Anaesthesia Administration Office:
School Administrator: Ann Moore – 01782 676255
School Secretary: Amy Minchin – 01782 676254
School email address: stokeanaesthesia@uhnm.nhs.uk
PGDiT Representatives (as at October 2024)
Toria Millington – Digital Rep (Fellowship) toria.millington@nhs.net
Al Saba Tabish – ST Rep saba.tabish@nhs.net
William Simpson – ST Rep william.simpson@nhs.net
Gareth Byrne – CT Rep gdbyrne@hotmail.co.uk
Helen Daley – LTFT Rep h.daley@nhs.net
Stephen Norris – LTFT Rep stephen.norris1@nhs.net
Generic Email Address: anaesthetic.traineereps@nhs.net