Hospice and university in teaching partnership
LOROS and the University of Leicester have formalised their partnership with official recognition of Loros as the university’s affiliated teaching hospice.
The organisations have worked alongside each other for many years.
They said formal recognition will allow greater collaboration, benefiting training of medical students, education and research development.
John Knight, chief executive of Loros, said: “We’re very pleased to be entering into this partnership.
“Through joint working, sharing resources and a greater ability to apply research, our collaboration will have a direct impact on patients.
“This is a true milestone for our hospice. “A key benefit is that teaching of students at Loros will be directly informed by interactions with real patients, leading to a greater understanding of the care that patients and families need. We hope it will lead to better-trained clinicians and improved patient care.”
Professor Philip Baker, pro-vice-chancellor for life sciences and dean of medicine at the university, said: “The university is delighted Loros is now officially the affiliated teaching hospice.
“The relationship between the university and Loros has gone from strength to strength, building on our long-established relationship for teaching students from Leicester Medical School about end-of-life care.
“This has previously been identified as an exemplar of good practice by the General Medical Council.
“Our mutual determination and commitment to ensure high-quality end-of-life care at Loros is underpinned by strong and successful academic partnership.
“I am confident it will work for the benefit of patients.”