Origins and charitable objectives
45 years of the SSMF
The Origins of the SSMF
Princess Anne
and Dr. Jim Rickards
Opening ceremony in
1971
SSMF
• Medical Education and Training
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Medical Students
Doctors in training
Consultants
All healthcare workers
• Medical Research
Provision of Quality Healthcare
Best trained & qualified doctors and nurses
Quality healthcare for Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Medical Institute
Extended for Medical Students
Wolverhampton Medical Institute
Redevelopment supported by the SSMF
Bell Library
Modernisation of Library and IT Services
Library Services manager
Rotha Abraham Lecture Theatre
1987 - 2007
Dinwoodie Trust
Rotha Abraham Bequest
SSMF
Medical Students
900+ medical students in Wolverhampton each year
Students choosing to work in Wolverhampton after graduation
Medical Education
Medical Students (Undergraduate)
Doctors in Training (Postgraduate)
Hospital Consultants and GPs
(Continuing Professional Development)
Why Medical Research?
• Contribute to medical advances
• Present at national/international meetings
– Raises profile of Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals
– Share ideas with/ learn from other doctors
– Learn new approaches to treatment
• Publications in medical journals
• Train doctors in research methods
• Develops an “enquiring mind”
– Improves standard of healthcare
• Attract high quality doctors to Wolverhampton
Common medical problems in
Wolverhampton
• SSMF has supporting research in –
– Diabetes
– Cardiovascular Disease
– Kidney Disease
– Rheumatology
Local Charity Research Funding
• £300,000 in the last 5 years
• SSMF funding
• In partnership / Brokering research grants with:
– Tripartite Research Grants
• SSMF
• Rotha Abraham Trust
• Royal Wolverhampton Hospital Trust Funds
– Connie and Albert Taylor Trust
– New Cross Kidney Patients Association
How do we identify diabetic patients at
risk of developing complications?
Dr. V. Baskar
(Diabetes Centre)
£37,000 grant from SSMF
Dr. Baskar :
appointed as Consultant Physician and
Diabetologist at New Cross
Anti-Platelet Drugs to Preventing Recurrence of
Coronary disease after angioplasty?
Dr. Andrew Worrall (SpR)
Dr. James Cotton
(Heart and Lung Centre)
£49,000 grant
from the Connie and Albert Taylor Trust
(in collaboration with the SSMF)
Viruses as a cause of Rheumatoid Arthritis and
Lupus?
Prof. Paul Nelson (University of Wolverhampton)
Departments of Nephrology
Rheumatology, Gastroenterology
and Immunology
New Cross Hospital
Grants totalling £120,000 over 5 years
SSMF, Rotha Abraham, RWHT,
New Cross Kidney Patients Assn
What are the physiological and biochemical
changes that result in vascular disease?
Mr. Andrew Garnham
(Vascular Surgeon)
Dr. James Cotton (Cardiologist)
Dr. Vincent Amoah (University of Wolverhampton)
£80,000
Connie and Albert Taylor Trust /SSMF /Rotha Abraham Trust
The scientific basis of how we monitor the
effectiveness of Diabetes Care
• Dr. Anath Nayak (Research Registrar)
• Dr. Dev Singh (Consultant Diabetologist)
• £40,000 from SSMF/Rotha Abraham/RWHT
Tripartite Grants 2012
• SSMF/Rotha Abraham/ Royal Wolverhampton
Hospitals
• £75,000
• 3 grants awarded
1. Intravenous iron to reduce transfusion rates in
anaemic patients undergoing cardiac surgery
2. Endogenous viruses as a trigger for rheumatoid
arthritis
3. Preserving vision in macular degeneration
How do we ensure skilled healthcare workers in
Wolverhampton?
• Hospital doctors (physicians and surgeons)
• Primary Care doctors
• Nurses and Professions allied to Medicine
• Formal Training
• Clinical Experience
– Shorter training programmes
– Shorter working hours
• Simulation Training
SimWard Wolverhampton
SimWard Wolverhampton
Learning clinical management
Working as a multidisciplinary team
Communication skills
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Wards
Intensive Care Unit
Coronary Care Unit
Operating theatre
A&E Department
SimWard Wolverhampton
• £450,000
• SSMF
• In partnership with
– Rotha Abraham Trust
– Dinwoodie Bequest
– Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust
South Staffordshire
Medical Foundation
• Built Wolverhampton Medical Institute
• Charitable Support of – Medical Education
– Medical Research
• Liaison with other medical charities
• Fundraising?
Rickards Lecturers 1971-2012
Norman St.John-Stevas
Huw Whellan
Katherine Whitehorn
Paul Sighert
Clement Freud
Robert Macintosh
& Ludovic Kennedy
Cliff Morgan
Patrick Hutton
Robert Dougall
Phil Drabble
John Simpson
Mr. Justice Michael Argyle
Lord Trumpington
Roger J Derry
The Rabbi Lionel Blue
Ron Hadfield
Dr Patrick Moore
Dr Thomas Stuttaford
Dr Carl Chinn
Alan Peace
Professor Alan Hawley
Dr. James Robson