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Clinical academics freed up to support NHS during Covid-19 pandemic

18 March 2020

All medically-trained academics at 鶹ýƵվ will be released from their research and lecturing responsibilities to support NHS services during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

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鶹ýƵվ has informed all its clinical staff, who work across the faculties of Population Health, Medical, Life, Brain and Engineering Sciences, that their day-to-day duties will be reassigned should they want to volunteer and support the frontline NHS.

Professor David Lomas, 鶹ýƵվ Vice Provost (Health), said:“At this time of increased pressure on the NHS, it is likely many of our medical-trained academics willsoonbe askedto support clinical and frontline health services.

“This will be a personal choice for each colleague, but we hope our decision to release staff from their 鶹ýƵվ responsibilities, will better enable our academics to volunteer and support the NHS.

“I have already heard many colleagues would be delighted to support the NHS and I’ve have received numerous positive messages from our hospital colleagues. As a university we stand ready to support the NHS and I am sure other universities will soon do the same.”

Along with clinically trained academics, 鶹ýƵվ’s senior medical students will also be given the opportunity to help and dozens of other highly skilled scientists working in our labs with relevant transferrable skills will also be freed up.

Among the hospitals 鶹ýƵվ collaborates with include, 鶹ýƵվH, the Royal Free London, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Moorfields Eye Hospital,the Whittington Hospital, and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital,ٲԳǰ

鶹ýƵվ’sSenior Management Teamwillcontinue toreview 鶹ýƵվ’s position as the pandemic progresses and as the demands on clinical serviceschange over time.

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