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THE DEPARTMENT 1.1 Overview The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology is managed within the Womens and Childrens Directorate. Dr Victoria Hall is the Specialty Lead and is managerially responsible to the Clinical Director for Women and Children and the Directorate Manager Carly Lamb. Obstetrics has delivered some excellent results. The Trust was an early adopter of the Growth Assessment Protocol, using individualised growth charts.

The detection rate for babies who are small for gestational age is consistently in the top quartile nationally. Approximately 2400 women choose to have their babies at Tameside every year. The survey of womens experiences of maternity services (as part of the National Patient Survey Programme) reported that for questions pertaining to staff in the labour and birth part of the survey Tameside achieved the highest score of the 133 Trusts included for 6 of the 8 questions, and also had the highest score overall in this section. The department offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient gynaecology services, including one stop postmenopausal bleeding clinics, outpatient procedures including Novasure endometrial ablation and polypectomy, and pelvic pain clinics.

The department was rated as good in all domains of the CQC inspection of 2019. 1.2 Medical Staffing Consultants Victoria Hall Specialty Lead O&G Labour Ward Lead Kyle Gilmour Gynaecology Cancer Lead Mahshid Nickkho-Amiry Gynae Governance Lead Infertility & GOPD Lead Associate Undergrad Tutor Daniel Veeravalli Uro-gynaecology Lead Peri-natal mental health Audit Lead Nathalie Smilovici College Tutor Endometriosis Lead Roopa Krishnamurthy Obs Governance Lead Obs Diabetes Lead Tariq Mahmood Lead for antenatal scanning and antenatal clinic Alison Uku CTG training Lead Biza Akbar Uro-gynaecology interest Nora El-Atabi Uro-gynaecology interest Andy Watson Associate Dean at HEENW Colposcopy Lead Purnima Gondane-Sweetman Lead for Pre-term Clinic Interest in paediatric gynaecology Millie Anim-Somuah Interest in recurrent miscarriage Lowri Gwyn-Wallace Well Women lead There are a number of doctors in training within the department. This includes junior and senior trainees in O&G, as well as GP trainees and foundation doctors. 1.3 Facilities The Maternity Services are located in an older part of the Trusts estate, Charlesworth Building, with a refurbished ante-natal clinic and a recently opened midwifery-led unit the Acorn Birth Centre (ABC).

Approximately 7.5% of women have their babies on the ABC. The maternity unit also includes the delivery suite, with one dedicated maternity theatre, a maternity triage/ day-case area, an in-patient post-natal /antenatal ward and consultant offices. A level two neonatal unit is situated next to the in-patient ward with transitional care facility. Communication between different staff groups clinical and managerial - is enhanced because of the close proximity of all these services.

Gynaecology outpatients including colposcopy, uro-gynaecolgy and hysteroscopy is located across from the Charlesworth Building in our main Hartshead Building along with elective surgery. 1.4 Approximate Annual Activity Figures Births 2,400 Obstetric outpatients 15,000 Gynaecology inpatients 1,300 Gynaecology outpatient 17,000 1.5 Nurse/midwife-led services The Gynaecology Outpatient Nursing Team includes a Nurse Practitioner who provides colposcopy and hysteroscopy. A further nurse is currently in colposcopy training with another in hysteroscopy training. There is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner who supports Early Pregnancy and Emergency Gynaecology Services.

There is a plan to develop additional nurse-led clinics in Gynaecology. There is an award-winning Enhanced Midwifery Team for vulnerable/at-risk mothers and a well-established smoking cessation service for pregnant women. The department also has 2 Midwife Sonographers, with a further midwife undergoing sonography training. SECTION 3 FACILITIES SUPPORTING THE POST Secretarial support is provided by a dedicated admin and clerical team.

Senior secretarial support will be available. Routine clinical typing is carried out in a typing pool. An office is available within the Maternity department. The room may be shared with another consultant.