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

18 March 2020

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

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果冻影院 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, 果冻影院 Vice Provost (Health), said:听鈥淎t this time of increased pressure on the NHS, it is likely many of our medical-trained academics will听soon听be asked听to support clinical and frontline health services.

鈥淭his will be a personal choice for each colleague, but we hope our decision to release staff from their 果冻影院 responsibilities, will better enable our academics to volunteer and support the NHS.

鈥淚 have already heard many colleagues would be delighted to support the NHS and I鈥檝e 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.鈥

Along with clinically trained academics, 果冻影院鈥檚 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 果冻影院 collaborates with include, 果冻影院H, the Royal Free London, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Moorfields Eye Hospital,听the Whittington Hospital, and the听Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital,听厂迟补苍尘辞谤别

果冻影院鈥檚听Senior Management Team听will听continue to听review 果冻影院鈥檚 position as the pandemic progresses and as the demands on clinical services听change over time.听听听

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