03 August2016

For immediate release

Top marks for medical educational efforts in Milton Keynes

CNWL's training department in Milton Keynes has received high praise for the quality of its medical education provision following a quality inspection visit by Health Education Thames Valley (HETV).

Designed to assure themselves of the education and training being provided by CNWL as a local education provider, the visit showed that CNWL's medical education provision had turned the corner and was innovative in its thinking and was successfully recruiting to all its training posts.

In his report Michael Bannon, The Post Graduate Dean, described the visit as ‘enjoyable, informative, enlightening and uplifting'.

The visiting team acknowledged the turnaround in fortunes that training at Milton Keynes Community Health Services has undergone in the last three to four years since CNWL started running Community Services in Milton Keynes.

Before this it had been considered below par.

Under the joint local leadership of Dr Haido Vlachos Deputy Director of Medical Education and Alison Drage, Head of Integrated Education, who now work together as part of an integrated trust wide educational team led by John Lowe Director of Education, strong partnerships have been forged with clinical leads to develop novel programmes which reach out across professional and social boundaries to widen participation, recruit the brightest and the best, promote educational excellence and establish a culture of support and learning, all in the pursuit of high quality patient care.

The Campbell Centre came in for high praise in terms of the learning environment it provided to trainees.

John Lowe, Director of Education, said: "As a team we have put in a lot of hard work to ensure that trainees who come to us have the best experience possible.

"Behind this achievement has been years of hard work by students, staff and leads in both education, services and senior management, working together across the patch and the division as a whole so these comments are a vindication of all our efforts."

Claire Murdoch, Chief Executive at CNWL, said: Claire Murdoch, Chief Executive at CNWL, said: "I'm immensely proud of everyone involved in this turnaround. This acknowledges staff efforts and reflects all that hard work, talent and commitment."

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