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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Paediatric Urology (Leeds Children's Hospital)
Leeds, United Kingdom
Two-year paediatric urology fellowship split between Manchester and Leeds children's hospitals, a year at each, with set learning outcomes and target competence levels for named paediatric urology operations.
Length2 years
RCS England Senior Clinical Fellowship Scheme, approved by BAPU for June 2023 to May 2026; renewal not listedLeeds department: EBPU/ESPU certified paediatric urology training programme (certified January 2010)
What stands out
- Target PBA level 4 set for operations such as bladder augmentation, Mitrofanoff, ACE, pyeloplasty, PUV resection and rigid ureteroscopy
- Lower target PBA levels for PCNL and flexible ureteroscopy (3), cloaca repair (2), and exstrophy closure, feminising genitoplasty and renal transplant (1)
- Learning outcomes cover antenatal hydronephrosis, neuropathic bladder and bowel, bladder outlet obstruction, renal impairment and stones
- Program lead
- Alexander Turner
- Apply through
- Direct application
- Focus
- BAPU Manchester and Leeds fellowship: 24 months, 12 months each at Manchester Children's Hospital and Leeds Children's Hospital; paediatric urology, minimally invasive and robotic surgery
Training
- Structure
- 24 months: 12 months at Manchester Children's Hospital and 12 months at Leeds Children's Hospital
- Hospitals
- Royal Manchester Children's Hospital · Leeds Children's Hospital
- Faculty
- David Keene