Flixton Girls School

• In 2014, established the World’s first healthcare academy trust to acquire underperforming schools and transform them into successful academies

• Flixton Girls School was the first such school to be brought under the “Healthy Learning Trust” umbrella and support students both through focussing on their health & wellbeing, and on potential careers in the healthcare sector
• played a key role in formulating the initial idea behind a health academy and was responsible for negotiating approval with the Department of Education and putting in place a robust and experienced management team which delivered the vision for the school
• OFSTED review, rated “Outstanding” with Outstanding features, a significant improvement on prior performance.
• Trustees include: Viscount Slim (Patron)
  • John Byrne, Managing Director, Rothschild UK
  • Tim Gartside, Headmaster of Altrincham Grammar School
  • Prof GJ Byrne, Director, NHS England
  • Bill Watkin, CEO of Sixth form schools & colleges of UK
  • Flixton Head Teacher

• Healthy Living Trust sponsored by Dr GK Mahadev
• over 1500 students across the secondary school and sixth form

Kent & Medway Medical School

• Following the government announced funding for an additional 1,500 medical school places in the UK,  we proposed a joint school between the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University (together known as Kent and Medway Medical School)
• Uhealth was instrumental in writing the original idea, business, financial and strategic plan and thus began the journey in 2016/17 of setting up a new UK state owned medical school
• Kent and Medway Medical School was allocated 100 places in 2018 by the Department of Health for a new Medical School.
• Approval was gained for establishing a 100-student state medical school which commenced in September 2020 based on primary care focussed medical education.
• Allocated the most number of students out of 32 established universities

Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida

• Uhealth proposed the idea of setting up a Medical School in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
• Uhealth was instrumental in writing the original idea, business, financial and strategic plan as well as clinical placements of setting up a new medical school in Jacksonville lead by Jacksonville University.
• Jacksonville University announced the commencement of a new Medical school in December 2022 in partnership with LECOM.

Led by Dr Sapienza and Dr Cost, the Provost and President respectively of the Jacksonville University the Medical School is expected to commence in 2024/25.