August 2016 archive

BLOG: England’s public health function post 2013 – shaken AND stirred?’

The public health function in England post 2013 – shaken AND stirred?  The major health and social care reforms encompassed within the Health and Social Care Act (2012) profoundly changed the way the public health function is organised and delivered in England.  Our research project – PHOENIX – examined those changes over a three-year period, …

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NEW! CHSS Newsletter Summer 16

The new CHSS Newsletter  is now available to view on our website. This issue highlights our upcoming CHSS Annual Open Lecture. We are delighted that Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Health Care Sciences at the University of Oxford will deliver `Remote video consultations: Expectation, hubris, hype and evidence’, on 6 October. It promises to be an …

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NEW BLOG from Chris Farmer: Blood pressure medication in older people needs monitoring and review

NEW BLOG from Chris Farmer: Blood pressure medication in older people needs monitoring and review Older people remain on blood pressure agents despite being hypotensive resulting in increased mortality and hospital admission.Yvonne Morrissey, Michael Bedford, Jean Irving, Chris K. T. Farmer Age and Ageing 2016; 0: 1–6 doi: 10.1093/ageing/afw120 ‘CHSS Clinical Professor Chris Farmer is …

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