Medicine

We are always looking for willing volunteer patients to take part in student teaching or assessment sessions. Volunteers should be happy to allow students to record their medical histories. And, in some cases, carry out physical examinations. Volunteers can attend sessions once or twice a year if they wish or can choose to be more active participants.

We are particularly looking for volunteers with any of the following conditions:

• Neurological problems: Parkinson’s disease, previous stroke, previous spine or brain surgery, peripheral neuropathies.
• Heart problems: angina, myocardial infarction, heart failure, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, valve disease.
• Chest/breathing problems: asthma, COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, restrictive lung disease or anything related.
• Endocrine problems: thyroid problems, goitre, diabetes type 1 and type 2.
• Gastrointestinal problems: inflammatory diseases (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis), stoma, liver problems.
• Kidney problems: somebody who has received a kidney transplant, polycystic kidney disease.· Joint problems: rheumatoid arthritis, severe osteoarthritis.
• Dermatological problems: psoriasis, eczema.
• Breast surgery/problems: previous breast surgery.

If you would like to get involved and your condition does not appear on the list, we still want to hear from you.

Each volunteer patient will be well looked after and provided with refreshments and free parking. Additionally, everyone who takes part will receive a small token to say ‘thank you’ for giving up your time to help our medical students’ progress.

If you want to become a patient volunteer please email us. A member of our team will contact you with further information.

People living in our most deprived communities experience severe health inequalities and the poorest health outcomes. Yet to date, we have failed to close this gap.

The Complete Care Community Programme was created to tackle the health inequalities in England. It explores how today’s NHS can contribute as Integrated Care Systems become statutory bodies and we continue to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

UCLan has evaluated the early development and progress of the programme.

Read the full report.Visit NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit website.