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Nursing and Midwifery Simulated Learning Facilities

Our centre of excellence for simulation-based learning 

Simulation-based learning

Our investment in high-tech training

Middlesex University has invested £24 million in a state-of-the art training centre located in the West Stand at StoneX Stadium, home of Saracens Rugby. This centre of excellence for simulation-based learning sets us apart, offering cutting edge technology that connects academic theory with real world professional skills across health and social care.

Our high-tech simulation suites link the theories of the classroom with the practice of treating patients in a hospital environment with:

  • The latest simulators for you to practice realistic emergency care situations and hospital scenarios
  • Life-like mannequins that can simulate symptoms, diseases and conditions you'll encounter as a working nurse
  • Video recorders so you can receive evidence-based feedback from students and teachers watching you practice.

If you would like to visit and tour our facilities please contact either Dr Cariona Flaherty - c.b.flaherty@mdx.ac.uk - Head of Nursing and Midwifery or Fiona Suthers - f.suthers@mdx.ac.uk - Head of Clinical Skills.

Nursing facilities

Facilities and specialist training

Our team brings together leading professionals with extensive expertise across a wide range of disciplines, ensuring exceptional teaching, guidance and real‑world insight in excellent simulation-based facilities.

Two nurses observing training practices in a training hospital ward

Our Centre of Excellence at Stone X features:

  • Adult and paediatric intensive care rooms
  • Three 4-bedded simulation wards (adult and paediatric)
  • Moving and handling specialist teaching rooms
  • Community flat
  • Midwifery birthing suite
  • Clinical skills classrooms
  • Wet laboratory
  • Veterinary nursing teaching rooms
  • Virtual and augmented reality
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We offer specialist teaching, guidance and real‑world insight into:

  • Adult nursing
  • Critical care  
  • Children and young people's nursing  
  • Health visiting 
  • Oncology  
  • Theatres  
  • Emergency care  
  • Advanced clinical practice  
  • Primary and social care 
  • Midwifery  
  • Mental Health Nursing  
  • PICU 
  • Haematology  
  • Leadership and management  
  • Resuscitation and outreach
Students working in midwifery ward.

Bespoke training

If you would like to discuss bespoke training for your organisation, please contact Fiona Suthers - f.suthers@mdx.ac.uk, Head of Clinical Skills.

Below is an overview of the training programmes available through tailored packages for external partners and our range of postgraduate short courses.

Training programmes

  • Basic Life Support  
  • Moving & Handling   
  • First Aid training   
  • Simulation Training 
  • Safeguarding Level 1, 2 and 3 
  • Venepuncture/ Cannulation & Phlebotomy 
  • Aseptic Non-Touch Technique 
  • Wound Care 
  • Care of the deteriorating patient  
  • Catherisation 
  • End of Life Care 
  • Motivational Interviewing 
  • Fundamentals of Orthopaedics 
  • Pre-operative Assessment 
  • Vaccination Training 
  • Basic Clinical Skills 
  • Tracheotomy Training 
  • Complex Care Needs in the Community Adult/Child 
  • Nasal Gastric Feeding 
  • Specialist Health Visitor training for Infection Control and Documentation 
  • Verification of Death  

Find out about our full range of Healthcare CPD courses and how to apply.

Veterinary nursing

Research

Our Clinical Skills Team played a pivotal role in delivering the COVID‑19 vaccination programme in partnership with North Central London. These activities were analysed in a report -

Our research activity also extends across the Centre for Critical Research in Nursing and Midwifery.

Testimonials

Client and partner testimonials

Nurses working on a hospital ward
 

"We are excited to be partnering with Middlesex University to deliver high-fidelity simulation session using the excellent facilities at the Stone X clinical skills site... This interactive experience will support clinical staff to build confidence, enhance quality of care, improve patient and staff experience, and work together more effectively as teams to deliver safe, high-quality care."

Colette Horan, Head of Nursing Education, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Nurses working on a hospital ward
 

"During the 10 years of working closely with the Middlesex University team, they have consistently delivered outstanding training to all of our teams, both clinical and non-clinical. They have been essential in supporting our hospitals with annual resuscitation audits and quarterly simulation exercises. Their involvement has bolstered our governance processes, ensuring compliance and providing clear, actionable recommendations for continuous improvement."

Ana Seco, Quality and Risk Lead, Phoenix Hospital Group
Nurses working on a hospital ward
 

"For over a decade, our group of hospitals and clinics has relied on Middlesex University to meet our resuscitation and clinical training needs. Their exceptional quality and delivery of up-to-date, evidence-based training stand out. They provide tailored clinical training that fits our specific requirements, and this flexibility is a key reason we continue to depend on their expertise. Their team is approachable at all levels and possesses excellent communication skills, ensuring that we are always well-informed and fully supported."

Laura Anderson, Matron & Director of Nursing, Akessa Healthcare Group
Nurses working on a hospital ward
 

"What stands out most about the Middlesex team is your ambition and openness to innovation. You have never approached simulation as a tick box exercise. Instead, you have continually looked at pushing boundaries, making OMS meaningful, elevating student confidence through technology, and supporting faculty development. That mindset has allowed our work together to evolve in exciting and impactful ways."

Laura Burnett, UK Regional Director, Oxford Medical Simulation
Nurses working on a hospital ward
 

"From LearningSpace Centre Management System to high-fidelity simulations, including Elevate Healthcare's Lucina birthing simulator, students are immersed in realistic, scenario-based training that prepares them for both routine practice and complex clinical outcomes. Together, the University and Elevate Healthcare continue to support the next generation of healthcare professionals through evidence-informed simulation that bridges education and clinical practice."

Matthew Payne, Inside Sales Representative, Elevate Healthcare
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