West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital – Watford General Hospital

Contact Details
  • Address: West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital – Watford General Hospital, Vicarage Rd, Watford WD18 OHB
  • ICU Department Contact Details -  01923 217611
  • Faculty Tutor Name:  Dr Ahmed Farouk Abdelhafiz Abdelaty
Unit Structure
  • Number of Beds: 19 - Funded for 16 beds            
  • Number of Admissions per year: Level 3: 8    Level 2: 8    
  • Percentage of Elective vs Emergency Admissions: 90% are emergency admissions and 10% elective 
Overview of Case Mix within the Unit:
  • The unit is funded for 16 bed and can be stretched to 19 beds to provide a mix of level 2 and level 3 services, we are a DGH with links to tertiary centres in the region, we admitted 923 patients last year,
  • There is no split site working within this Unit
Research projects being undertaken within this Unit:

We actively participating in research and had up to 10 trials last year 

Currently active studies in the unit includes : 

  • ABBRUPT
  • GUARDS
  • SEPTIC
  • GenOMICC
Overview of the staffing for the Unit (including medical, ACCP, AHPs)

We have 3 IMT + ACCS ( +/- DREEM ) + 2 Core Anaesthetic Trainee + 4 Clinical fellows 

There are 4 SAS grade doctors 

1 ACCP 

No intensive care trainees in the department as of yet 

Our unit has 10 consultants, 5 intensivists and 5 are dual anaesthetics and ICM

Training

Training opportunities when working at this Unit:
  • Training in point of care ultrasound
  • Opportunity to attend theatre for airway experience
  • Exposure to paediatric emergencies
  • Interhospital transfers
  • Opportunity to attend a Cardiac Catheterisation lab
  • Acting up as an ICM Consultant (for Stage 3 trainees) 
Departmental Teaching:

  • A regular weekly session delivered and organised for both consultants and residents and aimed at both core and specialty training levels

  • Fortnightly Journal club sessions 

Details of clinical governance meeting days and/or M & M:            

  • Regular monthly governance meetings
  • Fortnightly M&M meeting
The medical specialties and subspecialties it is possible to complete within theTrust/Health Board:
  • Stage 1:  Emergency Medicine, Medicine & Anaesthesia       
Other facilities: 
  • Parking and on-call rest facilities are available
  • We have out of hours hot food arrangements