Dr Ellen Wilkinson, medical director at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, has recently returned from a teaching visit to Somaliland where she took part in a programme for medical students studying mental health.

The visit was part of the King’s Somaliland Partnership’s ‘Prepared-for-Practice’ programme.

Run from the King’s Centre for Global Health in London, the partnership is part of an Academic Health Science Centre that draws on the clinical, educational and research excellence of three leading NHS Hospital Trusts and a high-profile university.

The Cornwall Foundation Trust works in partnership with Kings College London, MedicineAfrica (UK), Tropical Health & Education Trust (UK), universities and teaching hospitals in Somaliland.

Dr Wilkinson, based in Bodmin, said: ‘What a wonderful and rewarding experience.

‘It was an absolute pleasure to play a small part in teaching such a friendly, responsive and appreciative group of students who will undoubtedly become the future medical leaders and agents of change within their country’s health care system.’