Frimley Health Simulation Service

04/08/2026

Today was our turn to host for the day over thirty teenagers interested in becoming doctors. They are all on a one week study course run by a local company. They got to hear from some of our clinicians, observe and part in a healthcare simulation plus hands on take part in a series of skills stations.

02/08/2026

A warm welcome to our newest cohort of resident doctors! 👋🩺

More than 100 newly qualified doctors have joined Frimley Health and are now beginning their foundation training across a range of specialties across our hospitals.

As part of their induction, they'll be taking part in SIMley Health today, a unique event where staff, Wingfactor pilots, volunteers and patients work together to recreate a typical hospital shift. The realistic scenarios help our new doctors develop their skills, build confidence and prepare for life on the wards in a safe and supportive environment.

We wish them every success as they start their careers with us 💙

01/06/2026

Today in the first of our scenarios the anaesthesiologist candidate is taking over from a colleague who has to leave. The patient has just had a forceps delivery and the baby is doing fine, but unfortunately the mother is about to have a postpartum haemorrhage as she is being stitched up by the surgeon..

16/05/2026

Although we’re an NHS hospital and not a university, this is a great half hour video if you want to see what SBE - (simulation based education) is all about.
It’s by YouTube influencer Tom Scott video and was filmed at Sheffield Hallam last August. In it he is shown around their simulated 12 bed ward and introduced to some of their manikins (such as a Down’s syndrome girl) and moulage (mock wounds).

Unfortunately YouTube have forced him to blur the injuries out, but the video is still an interesting watch…

At Sheffield Hallam University, I meet the Clinical Simulation team, and deal with some surprisingly animated patients. | ▶️ Unblurred version available on N...

02/04/2026

Today we ran our first ‘Red to Purple’ day for ED doctors who want to step up to the more senior registrar grade. This scenario featured a disruptive patient and his drug addled girlfriend, and joining us to take part was two members of our hospital security who had their work cut out, including having to pin the ‘patient’ down on the bed (he was acted by one of our senior doctors on faculty) for about ten minutes…

19/03/2026

Today’s session featured Human Factor related scenarios for individual Medical Registrar Doctors, and thus required multiple ‘embedded faculty’ to play the relatives and other staff the candidates had to interact with.

17/03/2026

Yesterday we put on a Middle Grade ED Doctors simulation day, with adult patient scenarios in the morning and paediatric scenarios in the afternoon. This image is taken from the first one after lunch, featuring our high tech baby.

11/03/2026

Today was Critical Care Transfer Day, which was an 11 hour day for our Simulation Technologist, although he does get to spend the afternoon in the front of an ambulance, with a high-tech manikin in the back. Also shown below is the secret trick to having a bubbling chest drain, activated covertly by the facilitator in the back, when the two candidates check it..

17/02/2026

Today was our first session of a new programme with four purpose written scenarios, one for each of the four candidates. These featured four patients who were each dying under different conditions. It was primarily written and facilitated by our Leadership and Palliative Care Fellow, along with input from other staff in the Palliative Care team.

11/02/2026

We started this week, with one of our regular sessions - A Tracheostomy Study Day. Most of the day involves teaching, going through the emergency protocol, and using our part task trainers, but in the latter part of the afternoon the candidates get to practice their skills in scenarios with our high tech manikin, such as dealing with a patient who can’t breath due to a blocked trackie.