The new facility, which has been created near to the Medical Same Day Emergency Care unit, includes an area that uses immersive technology to provide a multi-sensory learning space.

The suite has been funded through the Dinwoodie Charitable Company, formed to improve healthcare by advancing the development and dissemination of medical knowledge and skills through post graduate healthcare education. Walsall Healthcare is working in partnership with Staffordshire University to provide training.

Topics covered include Bronchoscopy and Anaesthetist Study Days and procedure workshops. The "patients" include two lifelike mannequins representing a child with Down's syndrome and an elderly woman.

Dr Huda Mahmoud, Consultant in Nephrology at Walsall Healthcare, said it had also been important to reflect different ethnicities of patients and to encourage a greater understanding of diverse care needs.

Christian Ward, deputy chief nursing officer and chief nursing information officer at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, said: ‘This new suite will obviously enhance the training experience of our medical staff, but it is something for the whole organisation to be proud of as it's an absolutely fantastic facility.

‘A lot of hard work and commitment has gone into this project with invaluable input from our simulation team and many other colleagues to ensure we have a high-quality environment. As well as the obvious benefits this brings to our clinical teams' knowledge and skills, this provision will lead to better patient experience.'