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KSS AHSN Newsletter – 17 July 2014

In this week’s edition:   Opportunity to Get Involved in the Systems Leadership, Local Vision Programme SEHTA AGM & Medical Technologies Evaluation Conference – Update The 2014 NHS Leadership Recognition Awards – nominations are now open! Funding Opportunity for Innovations … Continue reading

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July 2014 Stakeholder Briefing

In this issue… Next steps agreed to develop workforce and education plans A year of progress in technology enhanced learning Kent, Surrey and Sussex children’s simulation centre opens in Brighton HEE launches 30-day consultation on ‘Beyond Transition’ plans Welcome This … Continue reading

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KSS AHSN Newsletter – 3 July

On 17 June we held a direction-setting, consensus-building conference about preventing emergency admissions and integrated care. Among the highlights of a full day was the publication of a joint report from The Quality Observatory and Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health … Continue reading

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Health research lecture

Lecture marks anniversary of centre undertaking research into health services. Nick Black, Professor of Health Services Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, will deliver the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) Anniversary Open Lecture at the University’s Canterbury … Continue reading

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Kent secures £450k research fund

Centre for Professional Practice has worked with Kent Innovation and Enterprise to secure a research enterprise fund of £450,000. The fund is to work in partnership with Health Education England Kent Sussex and Surrey (HEKSS) on a work-related initiative aimed … Continue reading

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Anniversary lecture on health research

Nick Black, Professor of Health Services Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, will deliver the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) Anniversary Open Lecture at the University of Kent’s Canterbury campus on Friday 4 July. Professor … Continue reading

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MSc in Applied Health Research (subject to approval)

The MSc in Applied Health Research is designed to be studied over one year full-time or two years part-time. There are three compulsory modules, and students must take a further three of the four optional modules. To be awarded a … Continue reading

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Justice for people with learning disabilities

Following a mad few days Dr Jill Bradshaw and Prof Chris Hutton have managed to have their letter concerning the preventable death of Connor Sparrowhawk (aged 18) printed in The Guardian, this coincides with a debate in the House of Lords today … Continue reading

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Neuroscience ‘used and abused’

Influential policy-informing ‘evidence’ that children’s brains are irreversibly ‘sculpted’ by parental care is questionable. A study led by Kent sociologists found that claims that children’s brains are irreversibly ‘sculpted’ by parental care are based on questionable evidence – yet have … Continue reading

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KSS AHSN Newsletter – 23 May 2014

Research prize launch! With just under a month until our 17 June Partnership Day, we’re delighted to launch a competition for the best recent clinical or social care research paper with important relevance to preventable emergency admissions. Entries must be … Continue reading

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