5 March 2012 Last updated at 14:36 ET <\/p>\n
Doctors have called for a rethink of plans to split the Plymouth-based Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD). <\/p>\n
A letter from the Devon Local Medical Committee (DLMC) called the move by PCMD founders University of Exeter and Plymouth University a \"disaster\". <\/p>\n
The plans would mean a medical and dental school at Plymouth and a medical school at Exeter. <\/p>\n
PCMD, which opened in 2000, has 200 medical and 64 dentistry students. <\/p>\n
The DLMC, which represents Devon GPs, said in a letter to Plymouth University Vice Chancellor Wendy Purcell that the announcement in January was a \"momentous shock to all students and staff involved with the medical school across the peninsula\". <\/p>\n
It feared that the \"excellent collaborative work\" in research projects at the college would be disrupted. <\/p>\n
It added that if a split was the only way forward, it was \"essential\" that medical student numbers were distributed fairly \"to ensure two sustainable medical schools emerge\". <\/p>\n
The proposed dismantling of the Peninsula Medical School is a disaster to all those trying to provide top quality healthcare, education and research across the region <\/p>\n
The letter said: \"The NHS should be working together across the peninsula and the proposed dismantling of the Peninsula Medical School is a disaster to all those trying to provide top quality healthcare, education and research across the region.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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