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Postgraduate Centre
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The PG Centre is located on both the Guy’s (Sherman Education Centre) and St Thomas’ Hospital (Gassiot House) sites. It hosts the mandatory training for the Foundation Programme in addition to weekly Medical Meetings and many other clinical and non-clinical training courses.
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Library Facilities
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Library facilities are located on both hospital sites and are part of the King’s College London system. Please see the following intranet site for further details: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/library/.
The opening hours for the library are Monday – Friday 8:30am – 9pm, Saturday 9:30am-5:30pm and Sunday 11am – 7pm.
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IT Facilities
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IT facilities with access to Medline and other web based information systems are provided in the various clinical departments and wards. There is also a dedicated IT suite for junior doctors located in the PG Centre at St Thomas’. Hours of operation are Monday – Friday from 8.30 am – 5.30 pm.
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Other Facilities
(Recreational or otherwise)
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There is a Trust sports and social club which runs a bar and fitness centre on each site, plus a swimming pool at Guy's, and runs regular quiz and cocktail nights.
There is also access to KCL Medical School sports grounds by arrangement.
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Doctors’ Mess
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Mess facilities are available on both St Thomas’ Hospital and Guy’s Hospital site. The mess is very active and organises monthly mess parties, Christmas “House Officers Review” and a summer ball. Subscription is £10 per month.
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Local Amenities/ Attractions
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GSTT is located at the heart of central London with easy access to multiple theatres, cinemas, clubs, museums, shops and parks.
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Transport Links
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Both hospitals have excellent transport links to the South East and rest of the UK and the continent. There is a regular shuttle service connecting Guy’s with St Thomas’ Hospital.
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Parking Arrangements
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Limited parking facilities are available on both sites. You can contact Samantha Sands in Security via phone on 020 7188 5056 or via e-mail: samantha.sands@gstt.nhs.uk for parking permit information.
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Accolades/
Achievements of the Trust
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Trust has recently become part of an Academic Health Sciences Centre in partnership with King’s College London, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London & The Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
World famous academic units are integral elements of the Trust.
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Any Additional Information
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The Guys & St. Thomas’ Trust is one of the largest Trusts in the NHS, resulting from the merger of the two hospitals in 1993 and with an annual turnover of £600 million and ¾ million patient contacts per year. The Trust comprises two of London’s oldest and best known teaching hospitals, which have a long history dating back almost 900 years.
St. Thomas’ Hospital is situated on the south bank of the River Thames opposite the Houses of Parliament and Guy’s Hospital is adjacent to London Bridge near Borough market and Southwark Cathedral.
The Trust is a specialist centre for the South Thames Regions, providing cardiac, vascular, thoracic, renal, paediatric, oncological and other services as well as the Dental Hospital and St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin. The Trust treats over 72,500 in-patients, 146,000 day cases and 497,000 out-patients each year. The former United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals joined with Kings College Hospital in 1998 to form the largest medical and bio-science school in the UK. GKT now trains over 400 medical, 150 dental and 450 nursing students per year.
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