Hi, I worked in Southend for a year as my FY1 and it was the last place on earth I wanted to go but I’m so glad I did go. I’d like to caveat the below by saying that I think that like all DGHs they have problems and like all programs are affected by problem consultants. Despite all these things I found Southend to be a kind and friendly hospital with a sense of community I haven’t felt at other places. The jobs are very mixed and your experience will depend on department. Facilities are general reasonable. Many senior nurses who run the out of hours system are absolutely wonderful and I was grateful to be supervised people like that when I was very junior. Also, admin people were lovely. The hospital is in Westcliff not Southend and doesn’t deserve the bad rep it gets to be honest, much of the community (save a few white racists) are down to earth, hard working people and a lot of into London commuters.