November 2016 archive

Listen: BBC Radio Kent this morning with CHSS’ Professor Stephen Peckham

CHSS’ Professor Stephen Peckham was a guest on BBC Radio Kent at 8 minutes past 8 this morning. He was talking about the recently released health service transformation plans in Kent and Medway . Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04dq3r1#play and navigate 2 hours and 8 minutes into the show to hear Prof’ Peckham’s opinion.

Watch: Jenny Billings: Implementation Science and Integrated Care

SUSTAIN: optimising care for older patients living at home Professor of Applied Health Research Jenny Billings discusses the ‘trailblazing’ SUSTAIN project in a new short video taken at a recent project partners’ meeting in Oxford. SUSTAIN aims to improve established integrated care (IC) initiatives for older people living at home with multiple health and social …

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Video: Stephen Peckham addresses European Public Health Conference

CHSS Director in Vienna on ‘Achieving Health in Fragmented Systems’ CHSS Director Stephen Peckham addressed an audience of European Public Health specialists in Vienna earlier today.  His session, ‘Achieving Health in Fragmented Systems’ examined existing systems and the complex problems and interconnected relationships between public health problems like obesity and cardiovascular disease, and environmental issues such …

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The Kent Academic Primary Care Unit – research seminar and clinical update

The Kent Academic Primary Care Unit is presenting the following research seminar and clinical update on Thursday 24th November 2016 at the Knowledge Management Centre, Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent.  (see flyer for further details kapcu-seminar-24-november-2016)  Telehealthcare for long-term conditions: hopes, hype and reality Presented by Dr Hilary Pinnock, University of Edinburgh …

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BLOG: Improving GP recruitment and retention needs a long-term strategy

By Professor Stephen Peckham and Dr Catherine Marchand A review of the evidence on GP recruitment and retention prepared by the Centre for Health Services Studies has just been published by NHS England. CHSS undertook the review for the Policy Research Unit in Commissioning and the Healthcare System (PRUComm) and was undertaken by Professor Stephen …

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