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May 12
Pre-election health policy debate
Question your local candidates! CHSS will be hosting a pre-election health policy debate on Wednesday 31st May 2017 at 7pm in the Gulbenkian Theatre. The following Parliamentary candidates have confirmed their attendance: • Sir Julian Brazier, Conservative Party • Rosie Duffield, Labour Party • James Flanagan, Liberal Democrats • Henry Stanton, Green Party The candidates …
Apr 04
Event – Medication Problems in Older People
Wednesday 7th June 2017 This event will be taking place in the Boardroom (R2-09), Rochester Building University of Kent, Medway campus. This building can be found at reference C6 on the campus map below. The Boardroom is located on the second floor, through the doors and on the right. To reserve your FREE place please book here: http://bit.ly/2n6CTF8 …
Feb 24
Clinical professor of palliative medicine appointed at University of Kent
The Centre for Health Services Studies at the University of Kent has appointed a clinical professor of palliative medicine. Professor Claire Butler, a consultant and clinical lead in palliative care at Medway Community Healthcare, will combine her clinical role with research at Kent into the best care for patients with a terminal illness with working …
Feb 22
‘YOU(TH) VISION’ photo exhibition launch event
The Centre for Health Services Studies would like to invite you to the launch of the ‘YOU(TH) VISION’ photo exhibition on Thursday 9th March 2017 at the Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury. The exhibition features the winners of a European youth photo competition. The photos depict scenes of transition from youth to adulthood as …
Jan 25
Stephen Peckham on BBC Inside Out East
Professor Stephen Peckham was on the east region edition of BBC Inside Out on Monday 16th January Talking about workloads in the NHS. You can see Stephen from around the 4 minute mark: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b088p1qm/inside-out-east-16012017
Nov 24
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.
Nov 10
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 …
Nov 07
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 …
Oct 27
BLOG: CHSS Annual Open Lecture 2016
Remote video consultations –the future way to ‘see’ your GP? On 6 October, Trisha Greenhalgh delivered CHSS’ 3rd Annual Open Lecture to a full house in the University’s Darwin Conference Suite. Trisha is Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. She discussed her NIHR-funded VOCAL study (Virtual Online Consultations – Advantages …
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