06.06.17
Northern health organisations collaborate to drive medical innovation
Two major health organisations have today announced that they will collaborate to drive better innovation and understanding in medicine.
The Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh (RCPE) will work with the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) to deliver a programme of clinical and academic learning, training and research in the north of England.
MAHSC is a partnership between the University of Manchester and six highly rated NHS organisations in Greater Manchester that aims to provide patients and clinicians with rapid access to the latest discoveries that improve the quality and effectiveness of patient care.
As part of the collaboration, there will be new opportunities to share knowledge between the two organisations including seminars on current health topics, sharing the college’s educational programme and collating opinions together on local health and other related topics.
Work is already underway to develop a two-year programme of clinical and academic events for the first RCPE Manchester activities that will include a series of RCPE Evening Medical Updates to kick off in summer 2017.
“The RCPE has a long history of developing standards of medical care and training in order to deliver the best possible care to patients,” said Professor Derek Bell, president of the RCPE.
“Given our complementary experience, skills and networks, RCPE Manchester will progress innovation and understanding in medicine by sharing our knowledge and expertise and working together to drive forward the best standards in healthcare.”
And Professor Ian Greer, MAHSC director, added the combined offering through the collaboration naturally fits with one of MAHSC’s central objectives as an academic health science centre; provision of high-quality training and education for healthcare professionals.
Prof Greer stated that the new venture came at an exciting time for Manchester as the organisation looked to capitalise on the opportunities brought about by the city’s devolved health and social care budget and multi-million-pound investment in our clinical research and associated infrastructure.
“RCPE Manchester will provide first-class learning, training and professional development options to healthcare colleagues at all stages of their careers,” he concluded.
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