{"id":103,"date":"2025-11-25T17:58:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:13:16","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\nAbout us\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEMSA\n\n\n\n<p [object NamedNodeMap]><em>Outstanding anaesthetic training across the East Midlands \u2014 welcoming, ambitious and supportive.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EMSA offers a broad, supportive and innovative training environment, with rotations through leading centres and exposure to advanced clinical practice.<\/p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><font color=\"#737373\"><\/font><\/span>\n\n\n\nLeisure, Lifestyle &amp; Regional Highlights\n\n\n\n<p>The East Midlands is a fantastic place to live and train. Enjoy vibrant cities, historic sites and beautiful countryside:<br><ul><li>Explore the Peak District, Sherwood Forest and Rutland Water<\/li><li>Visit Lincoln Cathedral, Nottingham Castle and Leicester&#8217;s King Richard III Centre<\/li><li>Premiership football &amp; rugby, ice hockey and international cricket<\/li><li>UK&#8217;s largest Diwali celebrations and diverse food scenes<\/li><li>Affordable living, excellent schools and easy transport links.<\/li><\/ul><\/p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><font color=\"#737373\"><\/font><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Sites\n\n\n\n\nNorthampton General Hospital\n\n\n\nNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust\n\n\n\nLeicester General Hospital\n\n\n\nLeicester Royal Infirmary\n\n\n\nGlenfield Hospital\n\n\n\nKettering General Hospital\n\n\n\nRoyal Derby Hospital\n\n\n\nLincoln County Hospital\n\n\n\nPilgrim Hospital, Boston\n\n\n\nKing&#8217;s Mill Hospital\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey people\n\n\n\n\nRalph Leighton &#8211; Head of School\n\n\n\nRichard Curtis &#8211; Deputy Head of School\n\n\n\nNatalie Cooper &#8211; Training Programme Director (Stage 3)\n\n\n\nElaine Hart  &#8211; Training Programme Director (Stage 2)\n\n\n\nMehar Ahson &#8211; Training Programme Director (Stage 1)\n\n\n\nMel Davies  &#8211; Training Programme Director (Stage 1)\n\n\n\nMatthew Charlton &#8211;  Training Programme Director (ICM)\n\n\n\nChris Hebbes &#8211; Training Programme Director (ACCS &#8211; Anaesthetics)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe East Midlands Region\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The East Midlands is a fantastic place to live and train. Enjoy vibrant cities, historic sites and beautiful countryside:<br>Explore the Peak District, Sherwood Forest and Rutland Water<br>Visit Lincoln Cathedral, Nottingham Castle and Leicester&#8217;s King Richard III Centre<br>Premiership football &amp; rugby, ice hockey and international cricket<br>UK&#8217;s largest Diwali celebrations and diverse food scenes<br>Affordable living, excellent schools and easy transport links<br><\/p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);\"><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk\/anaesthesia-and-icm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk\/anaesthesia-and-icm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHS England<\/a><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><font color=\"#737373\"><\/font><\/span>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400040,"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions\/400040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emanaesthesia.org.uk\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}