January 2016 archive

Call for abstracts – 2016 ICCHNR Symposium 15-16 Sep

2016 International Collaboration for Community Health Nursing Research (ICCHNR) Symposium “Changing populations, changing needs: Directions & models for community orientated primary care” 15 & 16 September 2016, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK Abstract submissions are now open Registration will open 1 March 2016 CHSS is delighted to be hosting the ICCHNR Symposium. The overall aim of the two day event is to …

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CHSS Director’s BBC radio interview – accessing NHS dentists in Kent

Are you struggling to get an NHS Dentist in Kent? Kent’s Senior Dental Contracts Manager has advised BBC Radio Kent that if you live in West Kent you may struggle to get an NHS Dentist close to where you live.  On the breakfast show on 06 January, Professor Stephen Peckham, Director and Professor of Health …

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Evidence of potential health harms/benefits too weak to justify water fluoridation, says CHSS Director

Professor of Health Policy Stephen Peckham recently led research investigating a possible link between fluoride in drinking water and underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism).  A feature article in Boxing Day’s Guardian highlighted Stephen’s research, outlining his – and other experts’ – call for a moratorium on fluoridation pending more robust evidence around its safety as well as …

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