H. McGregor

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Coronavirus and our health and social care system

How could COVIDー19 impact the UK health and social care system?    As confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue rising in the UK, CHSS Senior Clinical Research Fellow (Public Health) Dr Lindsay Forbes has commented on the likely impacts on the UK health and social care system. Lindsay said: ‘The key issues with COVID-19 seem to be …

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CHSS Newsletter Winter/Spring 2020

The new CHSS newsletter is now available to read or download on our website. We feature the latest CHSS news and events including an update from the wonderful OPEL project which is seeking to find out what works best, for whom and under what circumstances, when receiving Hospice at Home Services. We are also happy to report …

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Prestigious NIHR Award for CHSS Director

Professor of Health Policy Stephen Peckham, Director of CHSS has been appointed NIHR Senior Investigator (SI). The award is one of 28 given to outstanding national research leaders in the NIHR 2020 SI appointments. Stephen, who is also Founding Director of the new NIHR Applied Research Collaboration, Kent Surrey and Sussex (ARC KSS) said ‘This …

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Breastfeeding Men

Ugandan fathers who demand breast milk; CHSS Research Fellow Dr Rowena Merritt talks to BBC Woman’s Hour 30/1/20 Rowena joins Jeni Murray and guests to discuss the emotive issue of breastfeeding among Ugandan fathers. In parts of the country men demand that their partners suckle them, often taking milk before baby has fed. Little is …

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Applied Research Collaboration Kent Surrey Sussex (ARC KSS) Newsletter 1

The NIHR ARC Kent Surrey Sussex (ARC KSS) is one of 15 ARCs across England, part of a £135 million investment by the NIHR to improve the health and care of patients and the public. Led by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Professor Stephen Peckham at the University of Kent, the ARC KSS will …

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CHSS Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2019

The new CHSS newsletter is now available to read or download on our website. We hope you will enjoy reading about the latest CHSS news and events, including this year’s Annual Lecture given by Professor Chris Whitty, and our ‘thank you’ tea for the CHSS’ public Opening Doors to Research group. The CHSS/Kent Business School MSc in …

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VENUE CHANGE for CHSS HEALTH POLICY DEBATE 7pm, 28/11/19

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE AT 7PM at THE MICHAEL BERRY LECTURE THEATRE, CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY,  (campus map) Old Sessions House, OS.0.01, Longport, Canterbury, CT1 1NX In advance of election-day a health policy debate involving local candidates will take place at the Sessions House, Christchurch Canterbury University on Thursday 28 November. …

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CHSS Open Lecture 11/10/19 draws a crowd

There was a great turnout on Friday evening, 11 October for the CHSS Annual Open Lecture at the University’s Colyer Fergusson Music Hall, Canterbury. University Vice Chancellor Professor Karen Cox gave an opening address and CHSS Director Stephen Peckham introduced Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser at the Dept. of Health …

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