Thursday, 30 May 2019
As part of the development of the Department of Primary Care and Population Health, the Medical School is establishing a University Primary Care Centre. This Centre aims to serve the primary health care needs of the University community and the local population under the auspices of the new Cyprus National Health Care System (GESY).
The Centre will be based in Engomi, close to the Medical School, and will be a model primary care centre providing high quality services based on the UK system of a comprehensive, holistic and evidence-based approach to primary care practice. Primary care doctors from both Cyprus and the UK will be providing their services under GESY. The primary care team will be multidisciplinary and will also include nurses, a pharmacist and a laboratory assistant. Professor Evagoras Nicolaides has been appointed as the Director of the Centre, and Ms Heike Streng-Georgiou as the Centre’s administrator.
The Centre will also serve as a training ground for UNIC’s MBBS and MD students. The Centre is temporarily housed at the Engomi Business Centre, and from September 2019 its permanent location will be at the UNIC Research and Technology Building.