The HEE Wessex Occupational Medicine programme is based in Southampton General Hospital.
University Hospitals Southampton (UHS) NHS Foundation Trust is an acute tertiary referral centre. The Occupational Health department is located on the Southampton General Hospital site. The department has two Occupational Medicine Consultants, Dr Angela Skidmore and Dr Chandrakant Mutalik, both having considerable experience in training and in support of specialty trainees. The department has a multi-disciplinary team of Occupational Health Physicians, Occupational Health nursing, wellbeing and administrative staff and provides Occupational Health services to University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and external clients.
The Occupational Medicine training programme at UHS is designed to deliver the competencies set out in the Faculty of Occupational Medicine spiral curriculum. It is primarily NHS-based, but with many opportunities for exposure to Occupational Medicine in other sectors. There are links with other NHS Trusts, commercial Occupational Health providers and military occupational medicine trainees and trainees from other specialties periodically have placements in the department, allowing for shared learning experiences and collaboration.