Global pharma company Abbvie have provided funding for CHSS, in collaboration with Kent Business School, to develop a bespoke programme of postgraduate learning for health leaders. A PG certificate and PG Diploma focus on Healthcare Management. The MSc will cover Management and Leadership. The programmes will deliver the skills necessary for health leaders to manage a changing health care climate, addressing new approaches w...

2016 International Collaboration for Community Health Nursing Research (ICCHNR) Symposium: "Changing populations, changing needs: Directions & models for community orientated primary care " Thursday 15th & Friday 16th September 2016, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK CHSS...

September's CHSS public engagement event 'Let's Talk' brought local people out in droves to do just that! A full report and photos feature in our new CHSS Newsletter. This issue covers the varied work of CHSS in recent months, including a new Big Lottery funded project, 'Ageless Thanet' which aims to tackle social isolation and help older people enjoy healthier, happier and productive lives. Professor Jenny Billings is carry...

This week the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) welcomes established researcher and renal specialist Chris Farmer as part time Clinical Professor. His is one of two new professorial appointments to be approved as part of the Centre's ongoing expansion programme. A Consultant in renal medicine at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust(EKHUFT) for thirteen years, Chris s...

In a change to the advertised KAPCU programme, CHSS is pleased to announce that Michael Calnan, Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Kent, will deliver some fascinating insights from his study of the processes which surround NHS healthcare rationing. ‘Still ‘Elegantly muddling through’?: Trust and the management of uncertai...