The proposals include plans for the expansion of the three partner clinical research facility, C-TRIC as well as the development of future research on the Magee site to build a new School of Medicine/Personalised Medicine Centre, to be primarily located on an existing vacant site adjacent to the Council offices on the Strand Road/Riverfront, along with built educational facilities at Altnagelvin Hospital campus. The School of Medicine and Personalised Medicine Centre project has been designed to enhance the ability to provide integrated teaching and research facilities at Ulster University Magee Campus and at the Altnagelvin Hospital site. The expansion of C-TRIC will grow Clinical Academic Partnerships attracting high quality personnel to the Western Trust and improving the quality of healthcare provision. The proposal comes in three components – the first one is for Teaching and Research Accommodation at Ulster University’s campus at Magee, which will comprise a new build accommodation and equipment to host the annual intake of medical students and associated teaching laboratory space and equipment for Personalised Medical programmes and research facilities in the areas of translational experimental research, clinical medicine and public and population health. The second element of the Business Case relates to Medical Training at Altnagelvin Hospital and the MedEdWest teaching facility which will be enhanced by a new build, increasing the medical teaching space and providing provision for possible future expansion to respond to any future teaching needs. Included in the provision will be two new lecture theatres, two clinical skills rooms, three tutorial rooms, a stimulation room and a virtual reality room. The third and final element of the proposal is the Personalised Medicine Centre, which will comprise of a new build extension to the existing Clinical Translational Research Centre (C-TRIC) at Altnagelvin Hospital, aimed at providing facilities for increased clinical trials and research opportunities to support research, development and innovation. It will promote research and community based research and create a centre of research excellence.
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