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British Academy Fellowship for Kent psychologist

Dominic Abrams, Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kent, has been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. He is one of only 42 new Fellows from 18 different UK universities, each of them a highly distinguished … Continue reading

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Medway announces new BSc Degree

Medway School of Pharmacy is proud to announce the launch of a new Bachelor of Science Degree (BSc) in Pharmacology and Physiology. This new BSc programme will be taught as a classic full-time three-year programme or a four year programme … Continue reading

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Medway is a finalist at UK Life Science Skills Awards

Medway School of Pharmacy was recognised at the inaugural UK Life Science Skills Awards launched by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science.  Dr Scott Wildman, Programme Leader for the School’s Fd Sc in Applied Bioscience Technology, accepted a finalist … Continue reading

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New contract for RDS South East – good news forregion’s health and social care researchers

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has renewed its funding to CHSS and the Universities of Surrey and Brighton to manage the NIHR Research Design Service South East (RDS South East) for a further five years.As part of a … Continue reading

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PRUComm – Policy Research Unit in Commissioning and the Healthcare System

PRUComm, the Commissioning and Health Systems Policy Research Unit, is one of several policy research units funded by the Department of Health and is a collaboration between the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Department of Primary Care … Continue reading

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Helping parents to plan the best palliative care

CHSS Reader in Applied Health Research Jenny Billings, is leading a project to evaluate a palliative care tool developed with Kent and Medway Children and Young People’s (KMCYP) Palliative Care Network. The Advance Care Plan Tool allows families to plan … Continue reading

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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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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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