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Foundation Post Descriptions

Each two-year foundation training programme consists of an F1 and F2 rotation. Each F1 and F2 post consists of up to four placements (specialties). The length of placements varies from 3 to 6 months. Some placements contain one or even a few sub-specialties.

A list of our 2-year programmes is published each year during the application period. Please keep in mind that all programmes may be subject to change at any time.

Any questions about specific placements, which are not answered in the descriptions published within this section, should be directed to individual hospitals. All missing descriptions in the table below will be published as soon as they are received from the relevant trusts.

Detailed description of our 22 Academic F2 placements

Linked trusts (and their general Foundation training descriptions)	F1 placements	F2 placements	GP placements
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust Main site: • Barnet Hospital	• Acute Medicine x 12 (4 months) • Cardiology x 12 (4 months) • Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus x 9 (4 months) • Gastroenterology x 9 (4 months) • General Surgery x 45 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 24 (4 months) • Haematology x 3 (4 months) • Intensive Care Medicine x 9 (4 months) • Paediatrics x 3 (4 months) • Respiratory x 9 (4 months) • Rheumatology x 3 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 3 (4 months) • Urology x 3 (4 months)	• Acute Medicine x 15 (4 months) • Cardiology x 3 (4 months) • Emergency Medicine (A&E) x 51 (4 months) • Gastroenterology x 3 (4 months) • General Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 9 (4 months) • General Practice x 30 (4 months) • General Surgery (Barnet) x 6 (4 months) • Obstetrics & Gynaecology x 9 (4 months) • Paediatrics x 3 (4 months) • Respiratory x 3 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 9 (4 months) • Urology x 9 (4 months)	Locations of the GP placements
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Main site: • Basildon Hospital	• Acute Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Anaesthetics x 3 (4 months) • Cardiology x 6 (4 months) • Cardio-thoracic Surgery x 6 (4 months) • General Medicine w/Cardiology x 6 (4 months) • General Medicine w/Endocrinology x 6 (4 months) • General Medicine w/Gastroenterology x 9 (4 months) • General Medicine w/Oncology x 3 (4 months) • General Medicine w/Renal x 9 (4 months) • General Medicine w/Respiratory x 9 (4 months) • General Psychiatry x 6 (4 months) • General Surgery x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Breast x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Colorectal x 6 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Upper GI x 6 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Vascular x 6 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine w/Stroke x 6 (4 months) • Paediatrics x 6 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 18 (4 months) • Urology x 12 (4 months)	• Acute Medicine x 16 (4 months) • Cardiology (Cardiothoracic Centre - CTC) x 7 (4 months) • Cardio-thoracic Surgery x 6 (4 months) • Emergency Medicine (A&E) x 36 (4 months) • General Medicine w/Renal x 3 (4 months) • General Practice x 9 (4 months) • General Psychiatry x 6 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Breast x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Colorectal x 6 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Urology x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Vascular x 3 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 12 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine w/Stroke x 3 (4 months) • Intensive Care Medicine x 1 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 15 (4 months)	Locations of the GP placements
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Main site: • Lister Hospital	• Acute Medicine x 12 (4 months) • General Medicine x 33 (4 months) • General Psychiatry x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery x 33 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 18 (4 months) • Obstetrics & Gynaecology x 3 (4 months) • Paediatrics x 3 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 30 (4 months) • Urology x 6 (4 months)	• Acute Medicine x 6 (4 months) • Emergency Medicine (A&E) x 24 (4 months) • General Medicine x 6 (4 months) • General Practice x 24 (4 months) • General Psychiatry (QEII Hospital) x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery x 3 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 12 (4 months) • Intensive Care Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Obstetrics & Gynaecology x 6 (4 months) • Old Age Psychiatry x 3 (4 months) • Old Age Psychiatry (QEII Hospital) x 3 (4 months) • Paediatrics x 3 (4 months) • Palliative Medicine (QEII Hospital) x 3 (4 months) • Renal Medicine x 6 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 3 (4 months)	Locations of the GP placements
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Main site: • Luton & Dunstable Hospital	• General Medicine x 8 (6 months) x 21 (4 months) • General Surgery x 8 (6 months) x 12 (4 months) • Obstetrics & Gynaecology x 3 (4 months)	• Anaesthetics x 3 (4 months) • Emergency Medicine (A&E) x 9 (4 months) • General Medicine w/Acute/Geriatrics x 18 (4 months) • General Practice x 9 (4 months) • General Surgery x 3 (4 months) • Obstetrics & Gynaecology x 3 (4 months) • Ophthalmology x 3 (4 months) • Otolaryngology x 6 (4 months) • Paediatrics x 3 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 3 (4 months) • Urology x 3 (4 months)	Locations of the GP placements
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust Main site: • North Middlesex Hospital	• Cardiology x 6 (4 months) • Endocrinology & Diabetes Mellitus x 6 (4 months) • Gastroenterology x 6 (4 months) • General Psychiatry x 3 (4 months) • General Psychiatry w/Liaison x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Breast x 6 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Colorectal x 9 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Upper GI x 6 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 15 (4 months) • Intensive Care Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Paediatrics x 3 (4 months) • Renal Medicine x 6 (4 months) • Respiratory Medicine x 6 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 6 (4 months) • Urology x 6 (4 months) • Vascular Surgery x 6 (4 months)	• Emergency Medicine (A&E) x 33 (4 months) • Endocrinology & Diabetes Mellitus x 3 (4 months) • Gastroenterology x 3 (4 months) • General Practice x 15 (4 months) • General Psychiatry x 3 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 12 (4 months) • Medical Microbiology x 3 (4 months) • Medical Oncology x 3 (4 months) • Obstetrics & Gynaecology x 3 (4 months) • Public Health Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Renal Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Respiratory Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 12 (4 months)	Locations of the GP placements
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Main site: • Royal Free Hospital	• Acute Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Acute Medicine w/Cardiology x 12 (4 months) • Acute Medicine w/Geriatrics x 12 (4 months) • Acute Medicine w/Respiratory x 12 (4 months) • Acute Medicine w/Stroke x 6 (4 months) • General Psychiatry w/Liaison x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery x 39 (4 months) • Haematology x 3 (4 months) • Haematology w/Medical Oncology 3 x (4 months) • Hepatology x 12 (4 months) • Infectious Diseases w/AIDS/HIV x 3 (4 months) • Medical Oncology x 3 (4 months) • Renal Medicine w/Transplant x 6 (4 months) • Rheumatology x 3 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery w/Geriatrics x 15 (4 months)	• Acute Medicine x 12 (4 months) • Cardiology x 3 (4 months) • Dermatology x 3 (4 months) • Emergency Medicine (A&E) x 33 (4 months) • General Practice x 30 (4 months) • General Psychiatry x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery x 6 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Hepatology x 3 (4 months) • Obstetrics & Gynaecology x 6 (4 months) • Paediatrics x 12 (4 months) • Renal Medicine x 6 (4 months) • Respiratory Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Stroke Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Urology x 6 (4 months)	Locations of the GP placements
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Main site: • UCL Hospital (UCLH)	• Acute Medicine x 24 (4 months) • Cardiology x 3 (4 months) • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics x 6 (4 months) • Gastroenterology x 6 (4 months) • General Psychiatry w/Liaison x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery x 21 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Infectious Diseases x 6 (4 months) • Intensive Care Medicine x 6 (4 months) • Obstetrics & Gynaecology w/Breast Health x 6 (4 months) • Respiratory x 6 (4 months) • Rheumatology x 3 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 9 (4 months)	• Acute Medicine x 12 (4 months) • Cardiology x 3 (4 months) • Emergency Medicine (A&E) x 24 (4 months) • Gastroenterology x 9 (4 months) • General Practice x 27 (4 months) • General Psychiatry x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery x 6 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 12 (4 months) • Intensive Care Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Obstetrics & Gynaecology x 3 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 6 (4 months) • Urology x 6 (4 months)	Locations of the GP placements
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust Main site: • Watford General Hospital	• Acute Medicine x 12 (4 months) • Cardiology x 6 (4 months) • Clinical Oncology x 3 (4 months) • Endocrinology x 6 (4 months) • Gastroenterology x 6 (4 months) • General Psychiatry x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Breast x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Colorectal x 9 (4 months) • General Surgery w/Upper GI x 3 (4 months) • Vascular Surgery x 12 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 24 (4 months) • Respiratory x 9 (4 months) • Rheumatology x 6 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 3 (4 months) • Urology x 6 (4 months)	• Acute Medicine x 9 (4 months) • Emergency Medicine (A&E) x 33 (4 months) • General Practice x 15 (4 months) • General Psychiatry x 3 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 15 (4 months) • Ophthalmology x 6 (4 months) • Paediatrics x 6 (4 months) • Public Health Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Respiratory Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 9 (4 months) • Urology x 6 (4 months)	Locations of the GP placements
Whittington Health NHS Trust Main site: • Whittington Hospital	• Cardiology x 6 (4 months) • Endocrinology & Diabetes Mellitus w/Acute x 6 (4 months) • Gastroenterology x 6 (4 months) • General Psychiatry x 3 (4 months) • General Surgery x 24 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine x 12 (4 months) • Geriatric Medicine w/Acute x 12 (4 months) • Intensive Care Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Obstetrics & Gynaecology x 3 (4 months) • Paediatrics x 3 (4 months) • Respiratory Medicine x 6 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 9 (4 months)	• Acute Medicine x 8 (3 months) • Emergency Medicine (A&E) x 20 (6 months) x 3 (4 months) • General Practice x 4 (3 months) x 3 (4 months) • General Psychiatry w/Liaison x 4 (3 months) • Intensive Care Medicine x 4 (3 months) • Obstetrics & Gynaecology x 4 (3 months) • Palliative Medicine x 4 (3 months) • Respiratory Medicine x 3 (4 months) • Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery x 4 (3 months) • Urology x 4 (3 months)	Locations of the GP placements