The future of medicine came early to Cramlington as a delivery of NHS scrubs saw primary school pupils dress up in scrubs as part of a new project designed to "spark curiosity" about working in the health service - and with the NHS facing a continued workforce crisis, these kids might be needed sooner than they think...
The "mini-scrubs" project will see hundreds of scrubs sent to every primary, first and special school across Northumberland, North Tyneside, Newcastle and Gateshead. The idea is that children will be able to see the wide-range of NHS professions - from doctors and nurses to physios, biomedical scientists and even chefs or gardeners. The first school to receive the scrubs was Northburn Primary in Cramlington.
Funding for the scheme comes from Health Education England North East - and the idea is to draw attention to the fact there are more than 350 job roles in the health and social care field. Teacher Jill Nicholson - who is the school's science lead - said: "“I really like the idea of if you can see it, you can be it as that chimes with what we try to do with our students.
