University of Manchester hosts expert roundtable on securing the future health workforce
ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ hosted a roundtable, ‘From Pipeline to Practice: Skills, Social Mobility, and the Future Health Workforce’ on 28 April, bringing together stakeholders from across the Greater Manchester health ecosystem to discuss how to get more people from non-traditional backgrounds into health and care related careers.
Organised by , the roundtable was hosted at the University as one of 24 research-intensive universities which have pledged to strengthen the NHS and the public health system under the Russell Group’s Healthier Communities 2030 commitment, through expanding training, widening access to health careers and accelerating innovation.
A vital part of this commitment is engaging stakeholders in each region, to make sure universities are best applying their globally renowned expertise to local needs and experiences.
Attendees included representatives from the NHS and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), in addition to academics, local councils, alumni and current students.
They heard from Professor Duncan Ivison, President and Vice-Chancellor, and Professor Ashley Blom, Vice-President and Dean for the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½, and medical students and graduates of the Manchester Access Programme (MAP).
The discussion was framed on the themes of pipeline, skills and partnership, and how these can be aligned to create a more resilient and inclusive future health workforce.
One single institution cannot tackle the issues facing our health workforce alone, but I am incredibly proud of our partnerships with stakeholders across Greater Manchester and the impact our graduates make once they embark on their health careers.
By continuing to deliver and evolve our programmes so that we equip students with the skills they need to thrive in their chosen careers, both today and into the future, our University will continue to play a crucial role in solving the challenges facing the healthcare workforce over the years to come.
ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½ is proud to run the UK’s largest medical school and it is the biggest provider of graduate healthcare professionals to the NHS in the North West. This is underpinned by the University’s deep partnerships across the health and care ecosystem.
MAP, which marks its 20th anniversary this year, has supported more than 8,500 young people from under-represented backgrounds access higher education.
The Manchester Access Programme was really supportive in helping me get into medical school because it provided an insight into what university is like and the admissions process. I also received one-to-one help during the actual programme itself which made the concepts of research and academia a more tangible goal.
Under the Healthier Communities 2030 commitment, Russell Group universities are aiming to train 181,000 UK graduates with the skills the country needs to build a healthier future.
The universities have also pledged to harness research expertise to increase support for new life sciences spinouts, with the aim to help them secure around £5 billion in external investment.
For more information on the Healthier Communities initiative, please visit the .