Centre to help medics brush up techniques

Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Director of the NHS, will give a speech before opening and touring the Sheffield Clinical Skills Centre at the city’s Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

The centre is being jointly run by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield, and will train doctors, nurses and midwives.

Funded by the hospitals trust and NHS Yorkshire and the Humber, the simulation equipment has been designed to allow staff to practice medical techniques thoroughly before working with patients.

A trust spokesman said: “Staff and students training in the centre will be able to simulate medical emergencies and untoward incidents before applying their skills in clinical practice.

“They will also be able to practice moving and handling patients, team training, surgery and other specialities.

“It will also allow for improved simulation of techniques, giving added confidence and quality of practice to staff and students.”