NHS West Midlands Workforce Deanery

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www.westmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk

NHS West Midlands Workforce Deanery
St Chads Court
213 Hagley Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B16 9RG

Enquiries

mmcteam@westmidlands.nhs.uk

Postgraduate Medical Dean: Dr Elizabeth Hughes

The West Midlands Workforce Deanery is the second largest deanery in the country with a wide range of specialty and training posts offered. The West Midlands is centrally located with an extensive network of motorways, rail and airports for easy transport.

Units of Application (UoA)

Unit of Application document

West Midlands

General information

The NHS in the West Midlands employs over 126,000 staff and is the largest employer in the region.

Across the West Midlands region there are a total of 44 NHS organisations:

19 acute hospital trusts, including 7 Foundation Trusts
7 mental health trusts including 2 Foundation Trusts
16 primary care trusts (PCTs)
1 Care Trust (jointly providing health and social services)
1 ambulance trust.

There is substantially increased investment into the NHS which is transforming the day to day experience of patients and carers and delivering a high quality service in the region.

The West Midlands has a population of 5.3 million, with a rich mix of cultures and an ethnically diverse population. The range of population spans the high number of young people in the city of Birmingham to the older population in the more rural parts of the region such as Herefordshire.

In addition, the geographical variation across the region leads to a range of different service models including large teaching hospitals, district general hospitals, community services and an extensive primary care network. The large population served allows a comprehensive range of specialisted services to be concentrated within the region resulting in a wide range of training opportunities across all specialties. The West Midlands is ideally situated for easy travel to all of the UK and have a wide diversity of locations both urban and rural.

Trusts within the Unit of Application (UoA)

NB: Several PCTs, including Walsall Teaching PCT, have recently changed their name to 'NHS Anytown', under new branding guidance. Where this applies, we have listed the new name above. Their legal name remains unchanged, so you may encounter both names.