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School pupils give NHS event full marks
Keen fifth and sixth year pupils from 11 secondary schools from all over Ayrshire have
been taking the opportunity to find out more about careers in the NHS and the ambulance
service at a special Awareness Day at Ayr Hospital.
The event is one of several initiatives and programmes through which NHS Ayrshire &
Arran supports local schools.
In total 110 pupils attended the event, while a further 12 schools will send another 120
pupils to a similar event at Crosshouse Hospital on 29 November 2010.
The pupils took part in interactive information sessions and saw demonstrations of clinical
equipment.
Staff from a range of disciplines and departments were on hand to talk about their work,
including:
• Addiction services
• Catering
• Fresh Air-shire (help to stop smoking)
• Medicine
• Administration
• Nursing
• Allied Health Professions1
• Dentistry
• Scottish Ambulance service
• Pharmacy
• Medical Records
• Domestic services
James Watt College, Kilmarnock College, Ayr College and the University of the West of
Scotland were also on hand to give advice.
All the pupils took part in a quiz and the event also allowed them to show their competitive
spirit in an Inter-Schools Challenge.
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Auchinleck Academy emerged victorious at the end of the morning session, with Carrick
Academy taking the title in the afternoon. Both received a trophy donated by Enterprise in
Education Development Teams (from the three local authorities in Ayrshire) and
presented by Mrs Rita Miller, Vice Chair – Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board.
Mark Adderley – Executive Director of People and Organisation Development, explained:
“We are delighted that so many young people took the opportunity to find out more about
the NHS and are grateful to their schools and the Enterprise in Education Development
Teams for their participation. Young people like these are the future of the NHS.”
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Date of release: Friday 29 October 2010
Photographs: Winners of the Inter-Schools Challenges
Auchinleck Academy
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Arts therapists
Chiropodists/Podiatrists
Dietitians
Occupational therapists
Operating department practitioners
Orthoptists
Physiotherapists
Prosthetist and orthotists
Psychologists
Psychotherapists
Radiographers
Speech and language therapists
For more information contact:
May Smith
Communications Manager
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Communications Department
Telephone: 01563 826107
Out of Hours: 07769 648 975
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