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About the NBIA Training Facilities
The NBIA has a purpose‑built clinical training centre, based next to the Nightingale Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital, and an academic teaching space within the Nightingale Centre.
About the clinical training centre
The clinical training centre provides dedicated space and facilities to deliver outstanding multidisciplinary training in a real clinical environment. It has been designed to support learning across the whole breast multidisciplinary team, while also creating vital research capacity and contributing directly to patient care.
It also provides additional clinic space, with rooms used for research, and patient appointments alongside training activity.
A practical space for multidisciplinary training and patient care
The clinical training centre gives the NBIA a permanent base to deliver hands‑on training using the latest equipment, supported by experienced clinical educators.
The building includes:
- Two mammography rooms
- Two ultrasound rooms
- A radiology reporting room with PACS workstations
- Three consultation rooms
As well as supporting training, the centre will create capacity for up to 13,000 additional breast imaging appointments each year, helping services screen and treat more patients.
Supporting services, research and future workforce needs
Alongside training and patient appointments, the clinical training centre provides the space needed to undertake more research studies, supporting the continued development of breast imaging practice and innovation.
Breast imaging services across the UK continue to face workforce pressures alongside growing demand. By combining multidisciplinary training, additional clinic capacity and research space under one roof, the training centre helps services respond to current pressures while preparing for the future.
About the NBIA academic teaching space
The NBIA academic teaching space is comprised of:
- A classroom which is used for face-to-face and hybrid teaching.
- A clinical skills room, with PACS workstation, ultrasound machine, phantoms and breast mannequins, which is used for face-to-face and hybrid teaching.
- A trainee hub with 8 workstations, which is used for interactive medical image interpretation teaching sessions.
Who the NBIA training facilities support
Training delivered at the NBIA supports the full multi-disciplinary breast care team, including:
- Mammographers and mammography associates
- Enhanced, advanced and consultant practitioners
- Breast clinicians
- Radiologists
- Surgeons
- Nurses
The facilities support NBIA programmes, including apprenticeships, fellowships and clinical training days, alongside the Academy’s wider face-to-face and online training offerings.
Building the NBIA training facilities
The academic teaching space has been made possible thanks to funding from NHS England and Prevent Breast Cancer.
The clinical training centre has been made possible thanks to the Build to Beat Breast Cancer Appeal, led by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Charity and Prevent Breast Cancer.
The completed building marks an important step in the development of the National Breast Imaging Academy and its work to support the breast imaging workforce and patient care.
