CHSS Professor of Community Nursing and Public Health Sally Kendall has been awarded an MBE in recognition of 30 years of research in nursing and health visiting. Sally is known particularly for her contribution to practice-based research in the area of parenting and maternal and child health. Her work on parenting is internationally recognised and implemented from Kent …
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Jun 08
VIDEO! Watch the 2018 CHSS Open Lecture online
CHSS Open Lecture 2018: General Practice forward view and a vision for the future of primary care – Dr Arvind Madan On Wed 18 April, Dr Arvind Madan gave this year’s CHSS Open Lecture in the Grimond Theatre, Canterbury Campus, as part of the University’s Distinguished Visitor series. Since 2015 Dr. Madan has been Director …
Jun 04
CHSS to host ‘NHS at 70’ – Public Q&A event #NHS70
The past, present and future of the NHS at 70 7-9pm, Thursday 12 July, 2018 (Free drinks reception 6.30 – 7pm) Colyer-Fergusson Music Hall, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NB As the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday, health care services are often in the newspaper headlines but usually highlighting crises and problems. There are also …
May 14
‘Women should not rely on breast screening’ – CHSS Snr Clin Res Fellow
CHSS Senior Clinical Research Fellow Dr Lindsay Forbes says failures like the one that led to 450,000 women missing breast cancer mammograms are rare but that anyone with breast symptoms should visit their GP promptly for investigation and not rely on screening. With anxious women inundating a breast cancer screening helpline, Lindsay says screening can …
May 10
CHSS welcomes further NIHR contract for Research Design Service SE
Researchers at the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) have welcomed the announcement that the Research Design Service SE (RDS SE) has been awarded a further five years of funding. The award is part of a £50 million investment by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in the national RDS network which operates from 10 regional centres across England. The RDS SE …
May 01
CHSS Newsletter, Spring 2018
Our latest CHSS Newsletter is now available to read or download on our website. We hope you enjoy our latest news, research features and staff updates. This issue reports on the highly successful EFPC (European Forum for Primary Care) Symposium which was held on a very snowy Friday at the beginning of March. Our research …
Apr 10
NEW Blog from UK EXCEPT project Youth Ambassador on final project conference
Patrick Cantellow, an 18-year-old social entrepreneur from Sittingbourne, Kent is the Youth Ambassador for the UK EXCEPT project team. Aged 15 he founded Swale Young People, an organisation that takes an innovative digital approach to youth empowerment. Patrick is also an Ambassador for a number of organisations across London and the South East, notably the NSPCC, …
Mar 27
CHSS Director: KM Medical School news ‘fantastic’
‘The new Medical School will strengthen the clinical teaching and research partnerships that already exist between CHSS and local NHS and other health care organisations. The Centre looks forward to developing new areas of research and contributing to this exciting new development’. – Professor of Health Policy, Stephen Peckham, CHSS Director Stephen Peckham has welcomed …
Feb 26
Parliamentary event to present EXCEPT project findings 25/4/18
2pm, Wednesday 25 April, 2017 Portcullis House, House of Commons, Westminster, London This Parliamentary reception at Portcullis House will share the findings from the EU-funded EXCEPT project. “Social Exclusion of Youth In Europe: Cumulative Disadvantage, Coping Strategies, Effective Policies and Transfer” (EXCEPT) is an innovative EU-funded research project which aims to develop effective policy initiatives …
Feb 16
NEW Blog! UK EXCEPT project Youth Ambassador’s perspective on youth unemployment
Patrick Cantellow, an 18-year-old social entrepreneur from Sittingbourne, Kent is the Youth Ambassador for the UK EXCEPT project team. Aged 15 he founded Swale Young People, an organisation that takes an innovative digital approach to youth empowerment. Patrick is also an Ambassador for a number of organisations across London and the South East, notably the NSPCC, …
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