Professionals
Subspecialty Training
A list of subspecialty training slots compiled by the SAC
Subspecialty training is frequently undertaken in the final year of training. The directory below has been compiled by the SAC to enable trainees and trainers to identify suitable posts across the UK that provide comprehensive experience within which an individual can acquire appropriate exposure and develop their subspecialty interest.
Each Training Programme Director (TPD) was asked to submit details of posts within their region which they would consider suitable to rotate one of their senior trainees into should they wish to undergo subspecialty training.
Each region has specific strengths in regard to the subspecialisation offered and it is possible that a trainee may elect to organise out-of-region training, further to an agreement between TPDs.
The majority of these posts are funded within the regional training rotation as NTNs; the term "fellowships" has not, therefore, been used here since there are connotations of independent funding or of post-CCT training etc which may be confusing and unhelpful in the context of this document.
In future, there are plans to evaluate the data relating to these posts (including logbook activity), to initiate a comparative database and to assess the potential credentialling process.
Current list of available training slots
Region / Deanery |
Hospital |
Subspecialty Interest |
NTN |
East Midlands |
Leicester General |
Female/Reconstruction/
NeuroUrology |
Yes |
|
Nottingham City |
Stones |
Yes |
|
Nottingham City |
Upper tract laparoscopy |
Yes |
|
Nottingham City |
Pelvic laparoscopy |
Yes |
East of England |
Addenbrooke's, Cambridge |
Renal cancer: lap + open + RPLND |
Yes |
|
Addenbrooke's, Cambridge |
Robotic prostatectomy |
No |
|
Addenbrooke's, Cambridge |
Bladder Cancer |
Yes |
|
Addenbrooke's, Cambridge |
Endourology |
Yes |
|
Addenbrooke's, Cambridge |
Paeds Urology |
No |
|
Norwich |
Stones |
Yes |
|
Norwich |
Female |
No |
London North
(N Thames) |
Royal Marsden |
Oncology |
Yes |
|
UCLH |
Andrology |
Yes |
|
UCLH |
Female/Reconstruction/
NeuroUrology |
Yes |
|
UCLH |
Stones |
Yes |
|
Charing Cross |
Laparoscopy |
Yes |
|
Royal Free |
Laparoscopy and transplant |
Yes |
|
Great Ormond Street |
Paediatric Urology |
Yes |
|
Chelmsford |
Lap + Robotic |
No |
London South
(S Thames) |
Guy's |
Laparoscopy / Robot |
Yes |
|
Guy's |
Stones |
Yes |
|
King's |
Laparoscopy |
Yes |
|
Eastbourne |
Laparoscopy |
Yes |
|
Guildford |
Brachytherapy |
No |
|
Guildford |
Laparoscopy |
No |
North East |
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle |
Paediatrics |
Yes |
|
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle |
Endourology |
Yes |
|
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle |
Female Urology |
Yes |
|
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle |
Oncology |
Yes |
North West
(Merseyside & Cheshire) |
Arrowe Park Hospital, Chester |
Prostate oncology |
Yes |
|
Royal Liverpool |
Oncology |
Yes |
North West
(Manchester) |
Salford Royal |
Oncology |
No |
|
Christie Hospital, Manchester |
Oncology and robotics |
No |
|
Royal Preston |
Laparoscopy / Oncology |
No |
|
Stepping Hill Hospital |
Laparoscopy / Oncology |
No |
|
Manchester Childrens' |
Paediatric Urology |
|
Northern Ireland |
Belfast City |
Laparoscopic Oncology |
Yes |
Scotland East |
Western General, Edinburgh |
Stones/Endourology |
No |
|
Western General, Edinburgh |
Laparoscopy |
Yes |
|
Western General, Edinburgh |
Female and Reconstruction |
Yes |
|
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary |
Endourology |
Yes |
|
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary |
Oncology / Laparoscopy |
|
Scotland West |
Gartnavel General, Glasgow |
Complex Renal Surgery/ Laparoscopy |
Yes |
|
Gartnavel General, Glasgow |
Pelvic Oncology/RPLND/
Penile cancer |
Yes |
|
Gartnavel General, Glasgow |
Female and Reconstruction |
Yes |
|
Southern General, Glasgow |
Neurology/Reconstruction |
Yes |
|
Southern General, Glasgow |
Andrology |
Yes |
|
Southern General, Glasgow |
Endourology / Stones |
Yes |
|
Southern General, Glasgow |
Oncology / Laparoscopy |
Yes |
|
Wishaw Hospital |
Laparoscopy |
|
South Central (Oxford) |
Churchill Hospital |
Stones |
No |
|
Churchill Hospital |
Oncology / robotics |
Yes |
|
Churchill Hospital |
Endourology / laparoscopy |
Yes |
|
Royal Berkshire Hospital |
Oncology / robotics |
Yes |
|
Royal Berkshire Hospital |
Female / Reconstruction |
Yes |
|
Buckinghamshire Hospitals |
Oncology |
Yes |
South Central (Wessex) |
Southampton / Portsmouth |
Oncology |
Yes |
|
Portsmouth |
Laparoscopy and endourology |
Yes |
|
Southampton / GOS |
Paediatric urology |
|
|
Salisbury |
Neurourology |
Yes |
South West |
Southmead, Bristol |
Oncology |
No |
|
Bath |
Laparoscopy |
No |
|
Southmead, Bristol |
Oncology/ Endourology |
No |
|
Cheltenham |
Oncology |
Yes |
|
Exeter / Plymouth |
Oncology |
Yes |
|
Plymouth |
Endourology & Andrology |
Yes |
Wales |
Swansea |
Laparoscopy / Oncology / Female |
Yes |
|
Cardiff |
Oncology |
Yes |
|
Royal Glamorgan |
Andrology |
Yes |
|
Royal Gwent, Newport |
Laparoscopy / Endourology |
Yes |
West Midlands |
Univ Hospital Birmingham |
Oncology |
Yes |
|
Univ Hospital North Staffs |
Oncology |
Yes |
|
Univ Hospital Birmingham |
Paediatric Urology |
|
Yorks & Humber
(Yorks & Humberside) |
St James's, Leeds |
Endourology |
Yes |
|
St James's, Leeds |
Oncology |
Yes |
|
St James's, Leeds |
Female Urology |
Yes |
|
St James's, Leeds |
Paediatric Urology |
Yes |
|
York |
Female Urology |
Yes |
|
Pinderfields & Wakefield |
Oncology, Endourology |
Yes |
Yorks & Humber
(South Yorks) |
Hallamshire, Sheffield |
Oncology |
Yes |
|
Hallamshire, Sheffield |
Endourology |
Yes |
|
Hallamshire, Sheffield |
Andrology |
Yes |
|
Hallamshire, Sheffield |
Reconsruction |
Yes |
|
Doncaster |
Oncology |
|
|
Doncaster |
Reconstruction |
|
|
Rotherham |
Endourology |
|
|
Chesterfield |
Endourology |
|
|
Northern General, Sheffield |
Reconstruction |
|