The university has been developing its vision for a medical school to serve Cheshire, Wirral and Shropshire. Now university leaders signed an official partnership agreement with the University of Warwick. The University of Chester is already capable of training healthcare professionals at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including nurses, midwives, psychologists, social workers, dietitians and biomedical scientists, with many going on to serve the local area. It is the largest provider of health care programmes in the local region and has very strong relationships with a range of NHS Trusts. This new agreement will enable Chester Medical School to start adapting the successful curriculum that has been developed in Warwick to train graduates to become qualified doctors. The University of Warwick, and in particular Warwick Medical School, will support Chester during the process of obtaining General Medical Council approval for the new Medical School programme, which is expected to take its first students in 2022.