8 | FOREVER Keele
From the lecture theatre to the NHS frontline
At Keele , our healthcare academics don ’ t just prepare students for working in the NHS of tomorrow . With more than 200 of our lecturers , teaching staff , and researchers also working clinically in the NHS , some quite literally go from the lecture theatre to the operating theatre .
From delivering babies , to saving lives on the frontline as paramedics , the wealth of worldleading expertise at Keele has a positive impact not just on our students , but also on local people , communities , and the health service on a daily basis .
We are proud to have launched a new campaign to celebrate the positive impact our University has on the health and wellbeing of local people and communities in North Staffordshire and beyond , featuring three academics from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences .
• Dr Pensée Wu , one of our clinical academics , also works as a Consultant Obstetrician at the local hospital , where she has delivered more than 500 babies and counting , including performing emergency C-Sections .
• Professor Jo Protheroe , Keele ’ s Director of General Practice Education , has been a GP for more than 20 years , and works at a surgery in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
• Kevin Armstrong , our Director of Paramedic Services , works part-time as a paramedic for West Midlands Ambulance Service , where he has attended more than 9,000 incidents across the local area .
Kevin said : “ In my role as Director at Keele I have oversight of all the educational aspects of the programme . When I ’ m not at Keele , I ’ ll undertake a standard 12-hour ambulance service shift across Staffordshire . Being able to work within an educational setting in the University and also in clinical practice with patients , means I ’ m current and I can stay up to date with new developments .