Pears Cumbria School of Medicine explained

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 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Imperial and Cumbria . Imperial College London . 18 September 2024.
  2. Web site: Medicine - Graduate Entry . The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine . 18 September 2024.
  3. Web site: The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine . Pears Foundation . 18 September 2024.
  4. Web site: Lupton . Brian Webster-Henderson Martin . 2022-09-06 . Unlikely marriage of universities can ease NHS staff crisis . 2024-02-08 . Times Higher Education (THE) . en.
  5. Web site: 2023-11-06 . Creation of new medical school in Carlisle takes step forward with £5million boost . 2024-02-08 . News and Star . en.
  6. Web site: Tilley . Caitlin . 2022-09-13 . Hope new four-year medical school will help relieve GP shortage . 2024-02-08 . Pulse Today . en-gb.
  7. Web site: Our vision . Pears Cumbria School of Medicine . 18 September 2024.
  8. Web site: Become a doctor with us . The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine . 18 September 2024.
  9. Web site: Wilson . Joanna . Duncan . Conrad . Cumbria's first medical school to launch in 2025 with £5m Pears Foundation gift . Imperial News . Imperial College . 18 September 2024 . en . 6 November 2023.
  10. Web site: Mary Morrell . profiles.imperial.ac.uk . 18 September 2024.
  11. News: 2022-04-07 . Cumbria University and Imperial College London to open Carlisle school . 2024-03-06 . BBC News . en-GB.
  12. Web site: England . NHS . NHS England » NHS Long Term Workforce Plan . 2024-03-06 . www.england.nhs.uk . en-US.
  13. Web site: NHS funding to train more doctors in the North West . www.england.nhs.uk . NHS England - North West . 18 September 2024 . 21 May 2024.
  14. Web site: Our location . The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine . 18 September 2024.
  15. Web site: Carlisle Fusehill Street Campus . www.cumbria.ac.uk . University of Cumbria . 18 September 2024.

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