Jan 31
The latest CHSS Newsletter is now available to read or download on our website. We hope you enjoy our latest news, research features and staff profile. This issue highlights recent and forthcoming CHSS events. We are delighted to announce two events focused on the future of primary care. In March we host the EFPC Symposium …
Jan 22
Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, 9am-5pm, Friday 2 March, 2018 Register now! #efpckent18 Strong primary care is the cornerstone of health systems across Europe. This means that features including structure, access, coordination, continuity, and comprehensiveness can be observed and monitored and are part of health care policy. Increasingly it is recognised that integration between primary care …
Nov 20
Film maker and anthropologist Catriona Blackburn’s latest film is ‘Invest in breast’, focusing on the crucial role of peer support groups in helping women to establish and maintain breastfeeding. CHSS Professor of Community Nursing and Public Health Sally Kendall, talks to Hannah Croft, peer supporter and co-founder of ‘Save Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay Breastfeeding Support …
Oct 31
The latest CHSS Newsletter is now available to read or download on our website. We hope you enjoy our latest news, events, publications and staff updates. This issue has a global feel. We feature Professor Sally Kendall’s project in Western Australia working with Aboriginal mothers. ‘CHSS People’ (p6) profiles Dr Erica Gadsby, and her experiences of working in global …
Oct 30
Fluoride and Thyroid In September, Professor Stephen Peckham was a guest speaker at the 6th Citizens Conference on Fluoride in Washington. The CHSS Director presented an overview of a recent observational study which found an association between fluoridated water and underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism). Rick Woychik PhD was another keynote speaker at the Conference. Rick is Deputy …
Sep 26
Offering general practices more money according to the number of people with long-term health conditions they treat, for example, with diabetes, cancer or dementia, does not lead to improved care, according to a study by Centre for Health Services Studies at the University of Kent.The study, led by Dr Lindsay Forbes, Senior Clinical Research Fellow. …
Jul 31
Our latest CHSS Newsletter is now available to read or download on our website. We hope you will enjoy our latest news, events, publications and staff updates, including: a report on the highly successful CHSS pre-election health policy debate our recent KAPCU (Kent Academic Primary Care Unit) seminar exploring how primary care and mental health services can …
May 22
We are delighted to announce that CHSS Public Engagement Officer Amanda Bates has just had her award of PhD confirmed. Congratulations Dr Bates! Congratulations also to PhD student Rowena Bicknell on her double win at the Students’ Award ceremony! Rowena was awarded Student of the Year and Outstanding Contribution to College life (both jointly with …
May 12
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 …
May 05
NB: closing date for applications is now (midnight) 3 July 2017 interviews take place during week commencing 10 July 2017 CHSS (Centre for Health Services Studies) is currently inviting applications for a PhD scholarship in applied health research in partnership with Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), to commence September 2017. This scholarship is provided …
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