Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care tours the School's simulation facilities

Karin Smyth, the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, visited the School of Allied Health Professions and Nursing’s clinical facilities this morning.

The MP, who was in Liverpool for the 2024 Labour Party Annual Conference, was accompanied on a tour of the School's Florence Nightingale and Rose Thompson simulation suites which are state-of-the-art teaching facilities used by students from all six of our undergraduate programmes.

The Minister observed simulated learning sessions being undertaken by students from across all of the School’s programmes, one of which was an immersive community mental health patient  assessment.

She then took part in a simulated cardiac arrest with third-year Nursing BN students who showed her how to conduct cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Mrs Smyth was also given demonstrations by our students of the sophisticated technology available for use as part of our Diagnostic Radiography BSc programme.

Staff and students also showcased some of the School’s first class teaching equipment including our educational Anatomage Table, the simulated living facility which our trainee occupational therapists and nurses use, as well as the healthcare training mannikins which are used for simulating a diverse range of healthcare situations which arise in acute and community practise.

Mrs Smyth also attended a roundtable discussion where she discussed the current climate around healthcare education with the School’s Dean, Dr Rebecca Rylance-Graham, and some of our students who spoke passionately about their studies and their vocation.