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I'm trying to decide which deaneries to aim for and I'm finding it hard to get a clear idea of how rotations work in practice.

For those currently in radiology training, how often do you change hospitals, and do you actually have to move house or can you usually stay living in the same place? How long do you tend to spend at each hospital, and how much notice do you get about rotations?

I'm particularly interested in Severn, Thames Valley, KSS and East of England, but would love to hear from anyone.

My partner and I are both applying for training (different specialties) and need to be in the same region, so I'm trying to work out whether we'd realistically be able to live together throughout training, or whether the rotations make that difficult.

Would really appreciate hearing people's actual experiences, as the official information doesn't seem to make this very clear!

Hi everyone, I’m an F1 currently considering applying for Clinical Radiology ST1 and I’m looking into different deaneries.

I’m particularly interested in the West Midlands South deanery, especially the South sub-region (Worcestershire/Worcester area), and would really appreciate some insight from current trainees.

A few questions:
How are rotations structured in the South region? Is the sector allocation randomised or preference based?
How much time do you generally spend in your base hospital vs rotating to other sites?
Is it realistic to live in Worcester throughout training, or do rotations usually make commuting difficult?
How is the teaching, support and overall radiology training experience?

I saw a TikTok where someone asked people to complete the sentence, and thought it would make for an interesting discussion here:

"Don't do [specialty] if you are the type of person who..." (eg Don't do Radiology if you are the type of person that needs to be the centre of attention.)

Interested in hearing from consultants, registrars, and residents across all specialties :D

Please remove if repetitive but is there a spreadsheet with the radiology (ST1) results for 2026? I can only find the 2025 one

Thanks!

I will start with a bit of a rant, but I would genuinely appreciate any advice.

Today on the ward I was part of a very odd conversation where the NIC was asking us (the doctors) why we could not complete the TTOs in advance while the patient was waiting for a diagnostic procedure. We explained that the diagnostic procedure itself may change both the management plan and the discharge medications, and that pharmacy has repeatedly (and understandably) asked us to only send TTOs once they are in their final form.
The response was essentially: “Oh, but how could they change?”

Which honestly left me slightly speechless… the patient is literally undergoing a diagnostic procedure. Of course the findings may alter the diagnosis, medications, follow-up, anticoagulation plan, further investigations, or even whether they are discharged at all.

It felt quite patronising, and I have noticed this as a recurring theme: pressure to prepare discharges and TTOs very early, even though patients frequently deteriorate or have significant management changes after the TTOs have already been sent.

Similarly, the other day I was reviewing an ECG and discussing the management with a colleague when one of the CNS nurses came over and started explaining to us that the ECG showed AF, including how to recognise AF on an ECG...sort of thinking that we were struggling to diagnose based on the ECG?

That being said, it did make me wonder: what are some professional but firm ways people have set boundaries in situations like this, particularly when interactions start to feel patronising or when non-medical staff are becoming overly directive about medical decision-making?