CHSS Open Lecture 2018: General Practice forward view and a vision for the future of primary care – Dr Arvind Madan On Wed 18 April, Dr Arvind Madan gave this year's CHSS Open Lecture in the Grimond Theatre, Canterbury Campus, as part of the University's Distinguished Visitor series. Since 2015 Dr. Madan has been Director of Primary Care and Deputy National Medical Director for NHS England. A General Practitioner for 20 years, Dr Madan is a ...

The past, present and future of the NHS at 70 7-9pm, Thursday 12 July, 2018 (Free drinks reception 6.30 – 7pm) Colyer-Fergusson Music Hall, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NB   As the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday, health care services are often in the newspaper headlines but usually highlighting crises and problems. There are also Government promises of new plans and funding. So what is the truth? After 70 years, what state is the NH...

CHSS Senior Clinical Research Fellow Dr Lindsay Forbes says failures like the one that led to 450,000 women missing breast cancer mammograms are rare but that anyone with breast symptoms should visit their GP promptly for investigation and not rely on screening. With anxious women inundating a breast cancer screening helpline, Lindsay says screening can save lives but that it can also cause harm because of overdiagnosis.&nb...

Researchers at the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) have welcomed the announcement that the Research Design Service SE (RDS SE) has been awarded a further five years of funding. The award is part of a £50 million investment by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in the national RDS network which operates from 10 regional centres across England. The RDS...