Pulvertaft Hand Centre

The department is named after Guy Pulvertaft (1907-1986) who was an internationally renowned surgeon at the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary from 1947 until his retirement in 1972. His interest in hand surgery was developed following a period of work in Grimsby where dock workers often received hand injuries followed by work during the II World War with the Royal Air Force. He was the first president of British Society for Surgery of the Hand and the International Federation of Societies for the Surgery of the Hand. He was awarded the CBE for services to hand surgery.

The staff of the Pulvertaft Hand Centre work very much as a multi-disciplinary team – there are 9 Consultants, 7 junior doctors from either orthopaedic or plastic surgery backgrounds. It has its own dedicated physiotherapy, nursing and therapy staff with Extended Scope Practitioners, who have their own caseload of patients. It has dedicated day case facilities (ward and theatres) on level 3 of the Kings Treatment Centre. This operates on a Monday to Friday basis.