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Hull York Medical School

Hull York Medical School (HYMS) is a medical school in England which took its first intake of students in 2003. It was opened as a part of the British Government's attempts to train more doctors, along with Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Peninsula Medical School and University of East Anglia Medical School.

History[edit]

The early history of medical education in Hull and York goes back to the three following institutions: Hull Medical School (1831), York Medical Society (1832) and the York Medical School (1834).[1] Notable doctors associated with the York school included John Hughlings Jackson (in whose honour the modern medical school building at the University of York is named), Daniel Hack Tuke, Thomas Laycock (physiologist), James Atkinson (surgeon), and Sir Jonathan Hutchinson. It is thought that the York school closed in the 1860s.


The founding of a medical school as part of the University of Hull was considered in the Report of the Royal Commission on Medical Education 1965–68 (Todd Report) (published 1968), but the idea was not thought viable until the Humber Bridge was completed, as it would enable students to travel to placements in South Lincolnshire.

Hull Royal Infirmary

Castle Hill Hospital

Hull York Medical School is based at two university sites, the University of Hull and University of York, and is partnered with 3 Acute NHS Trusts and 3 Mental Health Trusts.[6]


Acute Trusts and Hospitals


Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust:


Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:


York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust:


Mental Health Trusts

William Gillespie (2003–2007)

OBE

(2007–2010)

Ian Greer

Tony Kendrick (2010–2013)

(November 2013 - December 2016)

Trevor Sheldon

Una Macleod (January 2017 - December 2023)

Professor Matt Morgan (January 2024 - Present)

Staff[edit]

John Lee, professor of Clinical Pathology was a co-presenter on Anatomy for Beginners (screened in the UK on Channel 4 in 2005) in which he explained the dissections of Gunther von Hagens. He co-presented a second series with von Hagens in 2006 called Autopsy: Life and Death (Channel 4, 2006). He left the medical school in 2014.

The Hull York Medical School

Discussion forum for applicants to Hull York Medical School