The Centre for Health Services Studies at the University of Kent has appointed a clinical professor of palliative medicine.<\/p>\n
Professor Claire Butler, a consultant and clinical lead in palliative care at Medway Community Healthcare, will combine her clinical role with research at Kent into the best care for patients with a terminal illness with working on the NIHR funded Hospice at Home project<\/a>.<\/p>\n Professor Butler trained in medicine at Newnham College, Cambridge and St. Thomas\u2019 Hospital, London. She qualified as a doctor in 1985 and joined the then new speciality of palliative medicine as a trainee in 1990, becoming a consultant in 1996.<\/p>\n She has worked as consultant and clinical lead in palliative care at the Wisdom Hospice, Rochester since October 2015, and will continue with this role. Previous to that she was a consultant at Guy\u2019s and St Thomas\u2019 Hospital and then consultant and director of medicine and research at Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent.<\/p>\n Professor Stephen Peckham, Director of the Centre for Health Services Studies, said\u00a0 palliative care \u2018is an important but under-researched area of health care in the UK\u2019.<\/p>\n Welcoming Professor Butler, he said she ‘will bring a valuable mix of research and clinical expertise in the key area of palliative medicine\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Centre for Health Services Studies at the University of Kent has appointed a clinical professor of palliative medicine. Professor Claire Butler, a consultant and clinical lead in palliative care at Medway Community Healthcare, will combine her clinical role with research at Kent into the best care for patients with a terminal illness with working … <\/p>\n