So what has your year tutor suggested? When I was in Uni, the industrial placements were mostly organised direct from uni.
I got mine by writing to the company (May & Baker, Dagenham) myself. As I had been working in community from age 16, no problem there.
johnep
If you're looking at hospitals then I noticed Sunderland hospital was advertising recently so the closing date may not have yet been reached. Have you tried the NHS jobs website?