Monthly Archives: July 2013

Palliative and end of life research

Coordinating end of life care Patients with incurable illness in the last months of life need access to a range of services, but evidence shows that currently these are poorly coordinated, with both duplication of and gaps in care. CHSS … Continue reading

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Facing the future – a new model of integrated care for dementia

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt recently placed dementia care at the forefront of Government plans for the NHS, calling for improved care and announcing £50m in targeted funding. There are 670,000 people in the UK diagnosed with dementia and numbers are predicted to rise by 150% over the next four … Continue reading

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University of Kent part of new county alliance to promote IT innovation

The University of Kent is one of three universities to join forces with Kent Connects – a public sector technology partnership which links all of Kent’s councils with the emergency services and NHS – to help promote IT innovation and … Continue reading

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It is getting late

Hello everybody, this week has been similar to last week so I won’t be able to tell you much for news. We still need more male participants, but it looks like my snowballing technique works quite well, so more and … Continue reading

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NEWS – New tests for kidney disease

A simple blood test could diagnose kidney disease before it progresses. A £2 million study gets underway. Tom Savvides talks to patient Gloria Lewis, Dr Edmund Lamb from the Kent & Canterbury Hospital and patient Laurence Sandum. Research into kidney … Continue reading

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A normal week

Hello everybody, this week I don’t have much to report. It has been calm and peaceful, we tested a few more participants and started to look at some results. We still need more male participants and thankfully some staff have … Continue reading

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AHSN Newsletter – CLAHRC bid progresses

I’d like to start this week’s update by sharing the good news that the team leading development of the region’s application for a CLAHRC have reached the next stages of the competition and been invited for interview in early July. … Continue reading

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