Obstetrics & Gynaecology

UK training in O&G requires a minimum of 7 years of specialty training (ST1–ST7), to be completed following the two years of foundation training. The programme is divided into basic, intermediate and advanced levels of training.

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UK training in O&G requires a minimum of 7 years of specialty training (ST1–ST7), to be completed following the two years of foundation training. The programme is divided into basic, intermediate and advanced levels of training.

The programme follows the core curriculum, and also incorporates ultrasound training. Once you progress into advanced training, you’ll start to develop the specific skills needed for the areas in which you wish to practice as a consultant.

The core curriculum is made up of 19 modules, plus 2 basic ultrasound modules. The curriculum is divided into modules for ease of reference; it’s not intended that you’ll complete modules in isolation. Instead, you’ll acquire skills at different times depending on the opportunities within each clinical post.

Once you progress into advanced training, you’ll need to complete at least 2 ATSMs or subspecialty training. Training opportunities at Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust include Joint Obstetric Training, Protected Scan Training

Education and Clinical Teams

Mrs Hina Gandhi

Educational Lead

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Mrs Hina Gandhi MBBS, FRCOG has been working at East Surrey Hospital as a Consultant Obstetrician with special interest in fetal medicine since April 2009. She runs two Fetal Medicine and High risk obstetric ultrasound scan clinics in a week. As a lead for running a very high standard antenatal screening and fetal medicine services, she works jointly with antenatal screening team, obstetric sonographers and paediatricians at Crawley, Horsham and East Surrey Hospital. She has a close liaison with Fetal Medicine Unit at St George’s Hospital for tertiary referral for prenatal diagnosis for Downs’s syndrome and other fetal medicine related issues. As part of a consultant team, she also has a joint responsibility of running of labour ward and delivering a high risk elective caesarean section list at East Surrey Hospital.

Ms Mahalakshmi Gorti

Clinical Lead

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Miss Gorti completed her postgraduate training in hospitals in London, Surrey and Sussex including St George’s Hospital where as a clinical fellow she participated in the research trials in urogynaecology and fibroids management. She leads the colposcopy services based at Crawley Hospital and supports the urogynaecology services at East Surrey Hospital. She is an experienced clinician specialising in managing women with general gynaecological problems, cervical smear abnormalities and urinary incontinence.

Miss Gorti is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology, the British Society of Urogynaecology and British society for colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. She is a registered colposcopy trainer and helps junior doctors and nurses in attaining colposcopy accreditation.