The North East London and Essex Trauma Network has its own website with lots of useful information which you can access here.
The contacts for the North East London and Essex Trauma Network can be found in the red box below. The Network is comprised of The Royal London Hospital Major Trauma Centre and trauma units in the following hospitals:
Clinical Protocols and Guidance
Research
- The Royal London Hospital (RLH) MTC and other NELETN hospitals are involved in numerous research projects managed by the Centre for Trauma Sciences (C4TS). Click here to find out about the C4TS research program
Trauma Talks
The Royal London Hospital arranges a regular series of dynamic talks on aspects of trauma care from roadside to rehabilitation, from leaders in their respective fields. You can watch them here.
Education, Training and Professional Development
NELETN clinicians are engaged in providing the following educational and professional development opportunities in trauma care:
- Trauma Team Leaders Course
- Trauma Team Members Course
- Major Trauma Centre Nursing Leadership course
- Trauma Immediate Life Support (TILS)
- Advanced Trauma Life Support Course
- REBOA training
- MSc Trauma Sciences/ Orthopaedic Trauma
- Trauma M&M meetings
- Interprofessional trauma education talks (at the RLH)
- Silver Trauma Course (UCLH and Homerton)
- Damage Control Surgery
- TCAR Course
Clinical specialty or network groups
- Network steering and governance group
- Rehabilitation and therapies Network group
- TARN Coordinators Network Group
- Paediatric Network Group
Public and Patient Involvement
Patient involvement in NELETN research and policy development is co-ordinated via the AfterTrauma website
Newsletters
The Network produces a newsletter called Trauma Calls, some past editions can be downloaded below:
Network director: Derek Hicks
Deputy clinical director: Alex Schueler
MTC clinical director: Anne Weaver
Network research lead: Karim Brohi
Network manager: Hannah Kosuge
Joint paediatric leads: Breda O'Neill and Naomi Edmonds
Network rehabilitation lead: Karen Hoffman
TTL: Adam Woodgate
MTC nursing course: Gill Laird
Trauma leads for each trauma unit:
Newham University Hospital: Dr Johan Grundlingh
Whipps Cross Hospital: Dr Goran Ali
Queens Hospital: Dr Ignatius Postma
Basildon Hospital: Lokesh Narayanaswamy
Homerton University Hospital: Dr Tarun Taneja
North Middlesex Hospital: Dr Clara Oliver
Southend Hospital: Kuppuswamy Ravi
The Royal Free Hospital: Dr Nishal Amin
Barnet Hospital:Dr Erik Witt
University College Hospital: Dr Alex Schueler
The Whittington Hospital: Dr Nora Brennan
