A public lecture by Professor Stephen Powis, National Medical Director NHS England.
Location: Oakwood House, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AE
7pm (for a 7.30pm start)
A free of charge lecture, all are welcome to attend. Light refreshments provided and free parking.
Hosted by Kent Cancer Trust ‘ Making a difference to cancer care in Kent’.
For any enquires please contact Mary Buchanan: Chair, Kent Cancer Trust at jsmbuchanan@aol.com
http://www.kentcancertrust.org.uk
The Government and Health Education England (HEE) announced on 20 March that the joint bid by the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University for funded places to establish a medical school has been successful.
It will be the county’s first ever medical school, bringing together the existing centres of excellence in health and medical education provided by the two universities and local healthcare organisations to offer a new model of patient-focused medical education.
The medical school will also be an essential part of the solution for recruiting and retaining medical professionals for the region.
Professor Rama Thirunamachandran, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Canterbury Christ Church University, and Professor Karen Cox, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Kent said: ‘We are delighted that our joint bid for establishing the county’s first medical school has been successful.
‘Our ambition is to develop a school that will become a beacon for first class medical education and research, and the first choice for all those aspiring to achieve excellence in person-centred medical care in the UK. We remain confident that, by providing distinctive, socially diverse and insightful graduates, the Kent and Medway Medical School will enable, influence and drive changes within the clinical workforce to deliver high quality healthcare across the region.
‘We would also like to thank all those who supported our bid. Their support and encouragement has been invaluable, and we look forward to continuing a close working relationship as we move towards delivery of this important new development for the county and region.’
Glenn Douglas, Chief Executive of Kent and Medway Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, commented: ‘We are delighted with this announcement. We have been clear that Kent and Medway have a big problem staffing NHS posts, and this is causing significant strain on health services. We have been fully in support of the bid from our two universities for a medical school. Having a medical school locally is known to provide an essential boost to recruitment and retention and we know this is vital, particularly in our coastal areas. We want people in Kent and Medway to seriously consider health and care as a career, and the universities will now be offering an extensive range of courses – including medicine – within our region.’
The bid for the Kent and Medway Medical School was submitted in November 2017. It was the culmination of over a year’s work by both institutions in response to the Government’s commitment to fund an additional 1500 medical places by 2020.
It received significant support from the region’s MPs, local councillors, NHS Trust chief executives and medical directors, as well as other health and education related organisations, all of whom expressed their backing for the bid.
It was also supported by Brighton and Sussex Medical School, which will act as the ‘parent institution’ – one of the requirements of the General Medical Council (GMC) as a new medical school is established.
Invitation to the European Symposium – Integrating Primary and Community Care: an international perspective
FRIDAY 2ND MARCH 2018
Book your place now – registration closes 28th February – To register, please visit: http://bit.ly/2B5bvhw
LOCATION:
Canterbury Cathedral Lodge
https://www.canterburycathedrallodge.org
Canterbury Cathedral
The Precincts
Canterbury
Kent CT1 2EH
United Kingdom
Delegate Day Rate: £95.00
Includes buffet lunch and refreshments throughout the day
To register, please visit: http://bit.ly/2B5bvhw
For further information, please visit: https://www.kent.ac.uk/chss/events/?eid=28940
or email Helen Wooldridge h.l.wooldridge@kent.ac.uk
SCHEDULE OF THE DAY
| 9.00 –10.00 | Registration, coffee and networking – Professor Sally Kendall Chair, EFPC |
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| 10.00 –10.15 | Welcome and Introduction | |||||
| 10.15 –11.15 | Panel 1
Universal Health Coverage and Person-centeredness: are they compatible with strong primary care? Professor Pavlos Theodorakis Integrating Primary and Community Care in England:challenges and debates Professor Jenny Billings Universal Health and Mental Health Coveragefor All, the role of Primary Care in Europe Professor Henk Parmentier |
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| 11.15–11.30 | Questions to Panel | |||||
| 11.30 –12.15 | Round table discussion with coffee | |||||
| 12.15 –12.45 | Feedback to panel and plenary discussion | |||||
| 12.45 –13.45 | Lunch | |||||
| 13.45 –14.45 | Panel 2
Family Medicine and Primary Care at the Crossroadsof Societal Change Professor Jan de Maeseneer Primary Care and Vulnerable Populations: How can we improve the health of refugees in Europe? Professor Kate O’Donnell New Models of Care: emerging evidence of change for primary care Professor Stephen Peckham |
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| 14.45 –15.00 | Questions to panel | |||||
| 15.00 –15.45 | Round table discussion with tea | |||||
| 15.45 –16.15 | Feedback to panel and plenary discussions | |||||
| 16.15 –16.30 | Break | |||||
| 16.30 –17.00 | Summary and close – Professor Sally Kendall | |||||
The Translational Health Symposium was held on 8th January 2018 at the University of Kent at Canterbury. To view the presenations go to:
https://www.kent.ac.uk/health/initiatives/events/translational-health-symposium/index.html
Kent and Medway Medical School Update
Background to the application to HEFCE/HEE for medical school places from 2020/21
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There are currently 6,000 funded medical school places in England each year and 29 medical schools but currently no medical schools in Kent and Medway. In 2016 the Secretary of State for Health announced an additional 1,500 medical school places to be made available – 500 through existing schools in 2018/19 and a further 1,000 to be awarded for 2018-21 for both existing and new schools.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Health Education England (HEE) are running the competition for these places. The first stage of this process required bidders to submit 20 page applications by Thursday 23 November. The applications are required to demonstrate how applicants can address the Government’s five priorities for awarding the places:
-Widening participation and improving access, so that the medical workforce is more representative of the population it serves
-Aligning expansion to local NHS workforce needs, with an emphasis on priority geographical areas, including rural and coastal areas
-Supporting general practice and other shortage specialties, so that the NHS can deliver services required to meet patient need
-Ensuring sufficient provision of high-quality training and clinical placements (with funding provided to HEFCE for the additional teaching costs and to HEE to support additional high-quality placements)
-Encouraging innovation and market liberalisation.
These will be reviewed and an expert panel will award places on a portfolio basis by 31 March 2018. Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent have submitted a bid to launch the Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) in 2020 This is supported by Brighton & Sussex Medical School as its ‘parent partner’ institution, the leaders of Kent and Medway’s health economy and the county’s MPs.
2 The case for a medical school in Kent and Medway
Kent and Medway faces significant and well documented challenges in developing and maintaining its clinical workforce but currently has no medical school of its own. These challenges are compounded by a population that is ageing, growing, and is in places, particularly along the coast, among the most deprived in England.
-Increasing population: Kent and Medway’s population is predicted to grow by almost a quarter with 414,000 new people in 188,200 new homes by 2031
Aging population: growth in the number of over 65s is over four times greater than those under 65 and currently there are 12,000 people with dementia in Kent and Medway
-Areas of deprivation: Public Health England identifies that Kent and Medway has some of the most deprived neighbourhoods in England, including the coastal local authorities of Thanet, Swale and Shepway
-Health and care workforce: there are extensive and lengthy vacancies in key positions within primary and secondary care resulting in a knock-on effect on the quality of care and public confidence.
Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent have a vision for a new medical school, which builds on their existing strengths in high quality clinical research and teaching. Based in the UNESCO world heritage city of Canterbury, KMMS will directly address the key challenges to the local health economy: playing a unique and transformative role for the patients and users of services while offering an excellent student experience.
Kent and Medway Medical School
3 What will the medical school offer?
KMMS will be a beacon for first class medical education and research, and the first choice for all those aspiring to
achieve excellence in person-centred medical care in the UK.
By providing a distinctive, socially diverse and insightful graduate supply chain, KMMS will enable, influence and
drive changes within the clinical workforce to deliver high quality healthcare and outcomes across Kent and
Medway. KMMS graduates will:
-Be recruited into roles within NHS providers across Kent and Medway, progressing through career transitions
and remaining in the locality
-Be equipped to deliver person-centred approaches to care, within multi-professional teams, which improve
patient experience
-Develop careers that address workforce shortages in priority areas
-Be collaborative, locally embedded and committed to enabling, leading and transforming health care
delivery
-Challenge system flaws, using and undertaking research to provide high quality, efficient and evidence based solutions specific to local needs which promote health, prevent deterioration and reduce the inequalities experienced within areas of deprivation.
4 Contact us
For further information on the creation of KMMS and to support our plan to create something transformative for
health and clinical education in Kent and Medway please contact Debra Teasdale, Dean of the Health &
Wellbeing Faculty, Canterbury Christ Church University
(debra.teasdale@canterbury.ac.uk) or Dr Peter Nicholls,
Dean of KentHealth, University of Kent (p.j.nicholls@kent.ac.uk)
Purpose of the Fund
The purpose of this fund, for which £10,000 has been set aside each year, is threefold:
1. To encourage the development of a collaborative research culture between the University and health practitioners within Kent.
2. To build the University’s capacity to respond to health-related research priorities of the Funding Councils and other external funders.
3. To foster collaborative research with non-University health-related research groups in Kent.
Applications are invited for research projects, which involve collaboration between a University academic and a health practitioner within the regional NHS, or other appropriate health-related external agency. Preference will be given to health organisations within the county of Kent. Examples for which it would be appropriate to seek funding might include, but are not limited to: hosting workshops, symposia or meetings that are intended to lead to the development of new partnerships or networks; establishing or significantly enhancing collaborative research developments; acquiring significant research resource; research staff visiting another institution or laboratory to foster collaboration, learn new techniques, or to use instruments/methodology not available in the applicant’s institution; and providing limited amounts of consumables for pilot studies.
To read more on application criteria and the process, please visit https://www.kent.ac.uk/health/initiatives/strategic-development-fund/index.html
Our MSc in Physician Associate Studies is delivered within the University’s Institute of Medical Sciences at the Medway campus where students have the added benefit of training in a specialist facility with qualified medical practitioners engaged in postgraduate education and research.
You will spend a significant portion of the first year in the simulation suite learning hands on skills. The simulation suite is equipped with mock wards as well as a surgical suite with anesthesia and laparoscopic equipment. Highly sophisticated human simulation models will be used in the teaching of hands on skills to prepare you for your second year clinical based modules.
The Physician Associate role was introduced in the UK in 2003. Physician Associates are now recognised as skilled and valued members of the health care profession. The newly qualified Physician Associate post has been evaluated under the NHS Agenda for change at Band 7 with potential to advance to Band 8 with experience and advanced education.
Physician Associates can perform medical history and physical examinations, screen and interpret results of diagnostic studies, diagnose patients, implement treatment plans, counsel patients regarding illness and preventative medicine and facilitate access to appropriate health care resources.
As with many types of medical providers, duties of a Physician Associate will depend on the medical setting where they work, their level of experience, their specialty and their supervising physician.
Physician Associates may provide care to individuals across the age spectrum in a variety of healthcare settings. More information on the Physician Associate profession and salary may be found on the Royal College of Physicians Physician Associate Faculty web page.
Who is the course for?
The course is aimed at people interested in pursuing a healthcare career in a primary care setting or almost any medical specialty.
It is designed for people with a strong science background. Please see more details under ‘Further entry requirements’.
For more information please visit the Canterbury Christ Church University web pages:
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/postgraduate/physician-associate-studies.aspx
Wednesday 30th August 2017, 14:00 – 16:00, University of Kent, Woolf Lecture Theatre
The programme will be as follows:
13:30 Registration and Refreshments
14:00 Plenary Lectures
REGISTER FOR FREE HERE:
Location:
University of Kent
Woolf Lecture Theatre
University of Kent
Canterbury
CT2 7NZ
Would you like to develop your clinical career?
Do you have a good first degree in biosciences, pharmacy or similar?
Physician Associates are skilled members of the health care team who are qualified to provide a wide range of medical services in practice with a licensed physician.
Key facts:
A two-year programme leading to registration as a Physician Associate as required by the NHS.
Taught by practicing professionals and academics in specialist facilities at Medway
Bursaries and scholarships available
Find out more
www.canterbury.ac.uk/ims
www.kent.ac.uk/health
A non-invasive, home-based procedure to stimulate the inner ear and brain functions that control balance and eye movement can offer hope for the relief of Parkinson’s Disease symptoms.
Research carried out by the University and East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust involving a patient with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) provided evidence of behavioural improvement across some of the disease’s most common and debilitating symptoms.
Now the researchers, led by Dr David Wilkinson, of the School of Psychology, and Dr Mohamed Sakel, director of East Kent Neuro-Rehabilitation Service, are testing if the beneficial effects of the new treatment which involves non-invasive, thermal stimulation of the balance organs are evident in a larger group.
For more details, please go to the Kent News Centre.
