Forty four students are beginning a four-year postgraduate course at the new medical school.
The medical students are beginning a four-year postgraduate courseForty four medical students are starting postgraduate degrees at the University of Worcester's Three Counties Medical SchoolThis year's places have been funded by the Kildare Trust charity and local NHS bodiesJames PearsonThe University of Worcester has welcomed its first ever medical students.
The cost of their education will be met by grants from the NHS in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire and funds from a local charity. They include Katie Cobain, 28, from Pershore, who said she was passionate about becoming a doctor, but also wanted to come back to work in her home county.Cameron Banner said he had wanted to be a doctor since the age of 15He said it would allow him to be close to family and friends.
Though the University of Worcester was given the go-ahead to recruit its first medical students in 2021, Health Education England, which oversees UK-funded places on the government's behalf did not award any to the new medical school.
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