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North Wales Clinical School

Clinical Education at Wrexham Maelor Hospital

The North Wales Clinical School is responsible for the provision of clinical placements for medical students within the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (Eastern area).   The Board was formed on 1st October 2009 and combines the North Wales NHS Trust (previously North East Wales NHS Trust and Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust), the North West Wales NHS Trust and the six local Boards of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham.  

The Wrexham Maelor Hospital is the second largest hospital in Wales and provides services to a large tract of North Wales and to some parts of Cheshire and Shropshire.  The Hospital has around 779 beds with most medical and surgical specialities and inpatient mental health accommodation on site with just over 120 consultants.  Visiting consultants provide Plastic Surgery, Neurology, Neurosurgery and Super Specialist Paediatrics services.  Oncological services are provided by visiting consultants from the North Wales Cancer Centre.  The Shooting Star Unit opened early in 2004 for general oncological treatment of patients. 

Each academic year Cardiff University medical students from years three, four and five rotate through departments within the Board, undertaking the clinical experience required to complete eight different modules and projects.  This means that at any one time there can be approximately 50 students gaining experience in varying clinical settings.  Students stay for between five and eight weeks before returning to their base in Cardiff

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