Recently finished at this department and thoroughly enjoyed it to the point I’ve signed up to do locums there (and many of the locums are ones who worked there as trainees so the department clearly attracts returners). The teaching is varied and regular - two sessions of skills and drills/sims per weeks, middle grade focused sessions once a week w ...More

Rota is tough but at least well organised The consultants are generally a good bunch, and pretty much always give sound advice, even if they are politically weak (or indifferent) to the senior nurses. The senior nurses frequently bully and undermine doctors (and nurses) of all grades, and enforce the 4hr target with a steel rod, to the exclusion ...More

Department totally gridlocked at all times of day and night. In addition to the general NHS busyness, this hospital is taking on more and more work that until recently would have been done at Inverclyde, but without any more resources. The whole place is like a war zone Nowhere to sit with a desk, a computer and a phone whilst on shift Resus a fai ...More

Like all EDs, Pinders is tough. There’s too many patients and not enough staff, like half of the NHS. Some pros though: - Department & trust seem to proactively think of ways to make the department better and safer - Triage nurses usually do the majority of investigations you need - the majority of patients there are actually sick. Consultant le ...More

The rota is horrible. The department is busy & at times unsafe. But the consultants sre great. There is a real effort to teach. The department is pretty self-sufficient. ICU arent just called for every resus patient so you get to do procedures.