School of surgery - Secondary care

This page provides residents with information on regional teaching within their specialty and how to contact the relevant teaching leads.

For information on Regional teaching please contact the Training Programme Director Pankaj Kumar

Regional Teaching is conduceted in person with an option to join online in some instances. Details will be shared with Residents in advance.

For information on Regional Teaching please contact the Training Programme Directors Nicola Vannet or Rhodri Costello

Regional Teaching Sessions

Regional Teaching

  • 26/11/2025 (9.30 - 16.00)
  • All Grades
  • The Friars Post Graduate Centre, The Royal Gwent Hospital (option to join via Teams)

Regional Teaching

  • 28/01/2026
  • All Grades
  • TBC

Regional Teaching

  • 11/03/2026
  • All Grades
  • TBC

Regional Teaching

  • 20/05/2026
  • All Grades
  • TBC

Regional Teaching

  • 17/06/2026
  • All Grades
  • TBC

Regional Teaching is conducted in person and is typically planned for the last Friday of the month. Details will be shared with Residents in advance.

Residents are encouraged to attend the Welsh Surgical Society Autum and Spring Meetings.

In addition Residents will be notified of other training opportunities across the School of Surgery.

For information on Regional teaching please contact Daniel Hanratty

Regional Teaching Sessions

General Surgery of Childhood

  • 31/10/2025
  • ST3 and above
  • The Grange University Hospital

Pancreatic

  • 29/11/2025
  • ST3 and Above
  • Morriston Hospital

Welsh Surgical Society (Autumn Meeting)

  • 11/12/2026 to 12/12/2025
  • University South Wales

Intestinal Failure

  • 16/01/2026
  • ST3 and Above
  • Cardiff

Endocrine

  • 27/02/2026
  • ST3 and Above
  • UHW

Trauma (am) and Peri-operative care critical care (pm)

  • 27/03/2026
  • ST3 and Above
  • UHW

Radiology (am) and Pathology (pm)

  • 24/04/2026
  • ST3 and Above
  • UHW

Welsh Surgical Society (Spring Meeting)

  • 22/05/2026 and 23/05/2026
  • Wrexham Medical Institute

Transplant

  • 26/06/2026
  • ST3 and Above
  • UHW

TBC

  • 31/07/2026
  • ST3 and Above
  • Morriston Hospital

Residents can access weekly local teaching every Wednesday at UHW. Details will be shared with Residents in advance.

Residents are encouraged to attend:

  • Supraregional training online every 3 weeks on a Friday 16:00 - 17:00
  • Suparegional teaching in person every 3 months
  • GAIN national online training Programme on the last Wednesday and Thursday of the month between 17:00 and 19:00

To register you will need to complete the following registration form.

In addition, Residents will be notified of other training opportunities across the School of Surgery.

For more information please contact the Training Programme Director Kathrin Whitehouse

Regional Teaching Sessions

Local Teaching

  • Every Wednesday
  • All Grades
  • UHW

For information on Regional teaching please contact the Training Programme DirectorSankar Ananth

For more information please contact the Training Programme Director Sarah Farmer

For more information please contact the Training Programme Director Oliver Jackson

Regional Teaching is planned for evey month with the exception of August and January at Morriston Hospital. Details will be shared with Residents in advance.

In addition Residents can attend the national BAPRAS teaching and will be notified of other training opportunities across the School of Surgery.

For information on Regional Teaching please contact the Training Programme Director Jonathan Cubitt

Regional Teaching Sessions

Management of the stiff finger

  • 15/10/2025
  • ST3 and above
  • Morriston Hospital

Management of Sarcoma

  • 20/11/2025
  • ST3 and above
  • Morriston Hospital

Chest wall reconstruction

  • 19/12/2025
  • ST3 and above
  • Morriston Hospital

  • 2026 TBC

For more information please contact the Training Programme Director Clare Carpenter

South Wales Residents can access monthly teaching on the 2nd Friday of the month which will typically be face-to-face. North Wales Residents access their teaching via Mersey Deanery. Details will be shared with Residents in advance.

In addition all Residents will be notified of other training opportunities across the School of Surgery.

For more information please contact Wali Mohamed

Regional Teaching Sessions

Prostate Cancer

  • 14/11/2025
  • South Wales Residents
  • TBC

Penile and testicular cancer

  • 12/12/2025
  • South Wales Residents
  • TBC

Stones and Infection

  • 09/01/2026
  • South Wales Residents
  • TBC

Uro. Technology

  • 13/02/2026
  • South Wales Residents
  • TBC

Bladder Cancer

  • 13/03/2026
  • South Wales Residents
  • TBC

VIVA Day

  • 10/04/2026
  • South Wales Residents
  • TBC

Ethics, Law and safeguarding

  • 08/05/2026
  • South Wales Residents
  • TBC

FNUU

  • 12/06/2026
  • South Wales Residents
  • TBC

Andrology

  • 10/07/2026
  • South Wales Residents
  • TBC

Ethics, Law and safeguarding

  • 14/08/2026
  • South Wales Residents
  • TBC

For more information please contact the Training Programme Director Amy Stimpson

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