Pilgrim Hospital, Boston
Introduction
Pilgrim hospital is a large district general hospital in the market town of Boston.
Facilities
- Operating theatres: 11 Theatres (including 1 trauma and 1 CEPOD)
- Specialist services:Vascular
- Obstetrics:1 Obstetric theatre, approximately 1800-2000 deliveries
- ICU: 7 Level 3 beds
- On-call structure: Three Resident rota’s: General theatres, Obstetrics, ICU. All 1:8. Residents do not rotate through Obstetrics
- Consultant body: 30 consultants (22 General 8 ICU), 14 SAS/Specialty doctors and 3 PAA’s
Training modules
- ICU
- Resus
- GA
- Regional
- Generic professional curriculum
Bleep free teaching twice a month -half day
Primary focused with a clinical component
Lunch and Learn twice a month-case presentation and best practice/journal review
PGME: Skills lab and low tech sim
In house regional course and airway course run by Dr Chablani and Dr Kakkar respectively
Viva practice on an individual basis
Getting here
Address: Pilgrim Hospital, Sibsey Road, Boston, PE21 9QS
- By train: Lincoln Central Railway station is a 2-minute walk from Lincoln Central Bus station. Nearest local stations include Hykeham and Saxilby which offer free parking and are only a 10 minute train journey away.
- By bus: Service 4 is a direct service from Lincoln Central Bus station every 30 minutes
- Parking: Limited on‑site patient/visitor parking
Google Maps: Open directions
what3words (main entrance): ///basket.half.smug
Key contacts
- Pilgrim Hospital switchboard: 01205 364801
- Anaesthetic College Tutors: Dr Sabeen Tufail
- Head of Service: TBC
- Anaesthetic Office team:Zoe Wilkinson
- Trust website: https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/
Work–life and locality
- Active Doctors mess
- Department organises meals out
- Pizza at Induction
- Within Boston:
- Local cinema
- Tennis club
- Golf clubs
- Gyms
- Further afield:
- Rural Lincolnshire
- Skegness!
- Go Karting
- Kinema in the Woods-Woodhall Spa
- Lots of Lido’s open to the public-mainly open in the summer
Links and Documents
| Title | Link |
|---|---|
| EMSA Site Information – Pilgrim Hospital | Open |