The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine is a collaborative medical school in Cumbria, England, created by the University of Cumbria and Imperial College London, with support from the Pears Foundation.[1] It was launched in November 2023[1] and will admit its initial cohort of 58 graduate-entry medical students in August 2025.[2][3] They will be based at the University of Cumbria's Fusehill Street Campus in Carlisle.[4][5][6]
The school aims to "produce doctors committed to delivering cutting-edge healthcare approaches and serve the needs of their local community", and to improve health in Cumbria and north west England. It also commits to encouraging local people to consider a career in medicine and widening access to medical eduation.[7] Students will be awarded their medical degree by Imperial College.[8] The interim head of the new school is Professor Mary Morrell.[9][10]
First announced in April 2022,[11] the medical school was cited in the 2023 National Health Service Long Term Workforce Plan as a "good example" of addressing geographical inequality by "focusing new medical schools and additional places in geographical areas with the greatest staff shortfalls and unmet healthcare need".[12] In May 2024 the NHS announced that an additional eight places at Pears Cumbria would be funded, as part of an increase of 54 places across north west England, thus bringing the initial intake up to 58 students.[13]
The medical school will be based at the University of Cumbria's Fusehill Street Campus in Carlisle. This was a military hospital during World War I, and later Carlisle's maternity hospital,[14][15] and is a grade II listed building.[16]
References
edit- ^ a b "Imperial and Cumbria". Imperial College London. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Medicine - Graduate Entry". The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine". Pears Foundation. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ Lupton, Brian Webster-Henderson Martin (6 September 2022). "Unlikely marriage of universities can ease NHS staff crisis". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Creation of new medical school in Carlisle takes step forward with £5million boost". News and Star. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ Tilley, Caitlin (13 September 2022). "Hope new four-year medical school will help relieve GP shortage". Pulse Today. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Our vision". Pears Cumbria School of Medicine. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Become a doctor with us". The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ Wilson, Joanna; Duncan, Conrad (6 November 2023). "Cumbria's first medical school to launch in 2025 with £5m Pears Foundation gift". Imperial News. Imperial College. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Mary Morrell". profiles.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Cumbria University and Imperial College London to open Carlisle school". BBC News. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ England, NHS. "NHS England » NHS Long Term Workforce Plan". www.england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "NHS funding to train more doctors in the North West". www.england.nhs.uk. NHS England - North West. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Our location". The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Carlisle Fusehill Street Campus". www.cumbria.ac.uk. University of Cumbria. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Blencathra Building (1210121)". National Heritage List for England.
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