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30 Jun 2005 14:14:04
Patient care locally has been given a major boost from the Government with the launch this week of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Postgraduate Medical School.
The Universities of Luton, Hertfordshire and Cranfield have joined forces to create the Postgraduate Medical School as part of the Government’s £1 billion Investing in your Health programme for the two counties.
University of Luton Vice Chancellor Professor Les Ebdon gave the welcome speech to a packed audience of more than 300 health professionals and guests, including Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson.
Professor Ebdon said: “We are here to celebrate the launch of the Postgraduate Medical School, which has been established to improve the excellence of patient care in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. The School represents a unique partnership of three universities, together with the Strategic Health Authority and a number of NHS Trusts.”
Sir Liam told the audience that the Postgraduate Medical School would create a “power house” of health and medical expertise for the people of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.
His sentiments were echoed by Ian White, Chair of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Strategic Health Authority, who said that the new School will create a “world class health service” for the region.
He said: “It is said that we have more doctors per square mile in St Albans than anywhere else in the country, but unfortunately they all get on the train to London. The new School is a step in the right direction to ensuring that we have a top-class health service here.”
Professor Duncan Empey, Dean of the Postgraduate Medical School outlined the impact of the School on the NHS Changing Roles agenda, highlighted its uniqueness in terms of enabling doctors and nurses to train together, and its role in allowing doctors to access Continuing Professional Development (CPD) near or within their place of work, thus slowing down the exodus to London and Cambridge.
The launch event, which took place at the University of Hertfordshire’s de Havilland campus in Hatfield on Tuesday (14 June), also included addresses from Professor Frank Hartley, Vice-Chancellor, Cranfield University
Photo from let to right: Chief Medical Officer of England, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson Vice-Chancellor of the University of Luton, Professor Les Ebdon Chair of the Beds and Herts Strategic Health Authority, Ian White CBE Dean of the Post-Graduate Medical School, Professor Duncan Empey
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