Our role as a lead provider presents several opportunities to enhance the quality of postgraduate medical education through innovation, collaboration with other NHS trusts in the sector and agreeing drivers of ‘“good quality’”. One of several examples of outstanding delivery of postgraduate medical education is the paediatric unit, which won the Elisabeth Paice Award for educational excellence against competition across London.  

This year has seen an increase in undergraduate medical students on the Hammersmith Campus. We have set up two new clinical education fellowships to support undergraduate medical teaching which allows talented clinicians to gain experience in education research.  

The nursing and midwifery educational strategic aim of improving the level of advanced qualifications is already reaping dividends with a substantial increase in the number of degree and master’s qualified nurses and midwives. We have commenced a 12 month clinical and academic internship programme for newly qualified nurses with award of academic credits. A growing number of nurses undertake a masters in research and we have started a training programme for our research nurses. There have been several additional initiatives to ensure that Trust nurses and midwives are synonymous with the delivery of safe and effective care such as the healthcare support workers’ conference, advanced practitioner development programmes and innovative mentorship.

The allied health professionals, radiographers, healthcare scientists and pharmacists have undertaken a strategic review of education provision and commissioning. They are working to align education commissioning with service needs and further improving their academic profile. As an early adopter for modernising scientific careers for the Department of Health, we have made progress in highlighting a higher education institute with whom an academic partnership is possible in order to deliver the MSc postgraduate scientist training programme curriculum.