About GECCo
GECCo is neither a who nor a what, it is merely a way of connecting those who are involved in emergency care and interested in global health. Anyone who has the time and the interest to grow this collaborative is welcome to bring along their skills, ideas and enthusiasm.
How did GECCo Start?
GECCo started life as a collection of ideas and conversations that grew between individuals working in UK emergency care over a number of years. A critical mass of interested persons who were working in emergency care steadily accumulated, especially in the North West and Yorkshire & Humber regions of the UK. These were people who had an experience of, or interest in, global health. Common themes emerged including similar experience of postgraduate study in global health, international and UK-based global health work, shared research interests and ideas around policy and health systems development. In October 2019, a decision was made to bring these people, ideas and conversations together around a table.
We all recognised that there was a gap to be filled when it comes to providing a platform and space for UK emergency care and global health to co-exist. Our hope was that bringing ourselves together and inviting others to join us would facilitate an open forum for collaboration and ultimately build strength in numbers. As we expand, although our roots in the north of England remain strong, there have been no limits to growing strong foundations elsewhere, especially with our colleagues from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s Global Emergency Medicine committee.
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Our mission statement
- The Global Emergency Care Collaborative (GECCo) is a multi-disciplinary collaboration of professionals involved in emergency care with a shared interest in global health.
- Our aim is to facilitate a dual interest in global health and emergency care by working with, and alongside, like-minded organisations and individuals by creating a platform to connect with them.
- We advocate for sustainable and responsible engagement in global health, underpinned by values of diversity, equity and inclusivity.
- Within emergency care, we will aim to represent opportunities to positively impact global health through research, education, policy, career opportunities, clinical practice and systems development.
- As a collaborative, our objective is to continually listen, reflect and evolve to meet the needs of those who wish to pursue an interest in both emergency care and global health.
- We recognise that our work is a small part of a much larger drive to achieve sustainable and equitable good health for all.
Who is developing GECCo?
Founding Member, events coordination, communications, media, blog editor
Emergency Medicine Trainee, North West of England
Events coordination, media, blog editor
Global Emergency Medicine Fellow, North Manchester General Hospital
Newsletter, events Co-ordination
Newsletter, events Co-ordination
Emergency Medicine trainee in South Yorkshire
Opportunities, Newsletter
Emergency Medicine trainee in the North West,
PhD student Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
website, events coordination, media
Senior Sister in Accident & Emergency at Leeds General Infirmary
Gecco Classrooms, events coordination
Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine at Manchester Royal Infirmary
Events coordination
Emergency Medicine Registrar in North West London
Events coordination, blog editor
Clinical Fellow Emergency Medicine, Researcher
Events coordination
Emergency Medicine Trainee, North West of England
Media, blog editor
Medical trainee in Manchester
Events coordination
Medical Student University of Manchester
Blog editor, events Co-ordination, media
EM specialist trainee in Yorkshire and Humber
Founding Member, developed Branding, events coordinator, media
Founding Member, events coordinator
Founding Member
Events coordinator, media
Medical student University of Leeds
Events coordination
Doctor in Emergency Medicine, based in Leeds and Chamonix
Events coordination
- Timur D’Souza Emergency Medicine trainee in Mersey Events coordination
- Claire Bromley Junior doctor in the North West of England Events coordination
- Jess Gray Junior Doctor in Yorkshire and Humber Gecco Classrooms coordinator
- Hattie Kennedy Emergency Medicine trainee based in the North West Events coordination
GECCo’s partners, friends and affiliates
