“Being part of the Panel is an opportunity to support independent scrutiny of policy by holding government to account and helping to improve future health and social care policy.”   Professor Stephen Peckham   Stephen joins five colleagues across health and social care on the Expert Panel of the cross-party House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee.  They will join MPs in evaluating g...

Building back better for population health and wellbeing – NIHR Senior Investigators Public Health Interest Group. Professor Stephen Peckham joins other NIHR Senior Investigators in calling for a truly integrated public health function. The authors reflect on what direction public health should be taking in the UK, and urge current politicians  to learn from the past. How did we...

The RAPPORT study was a national evaluation of patient and public involvement in health research, and was led by Professor Tricia Wilson when she was based at the University of Hertfordshire. Since moving to Kent she has continued to work on developing useful resources from the study. The RAPPORT results suggested that there were six main actions required if public involvement was to be embedded as normal practice in healt...

Following Health Secretary Matt Hancock's announcement  (18 August 2020) that Public Health England (PHE) will be replaced with a new National Institute for Health Protection, Professor Stephen Peckham of the Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) says: 'Since the beginning of July there has been speculation that Public Health would be abolished due to its failure to manage the COVID-19 pandemic....

Health Education England Kent, Surrey and Sussex (HEEKSS)/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme – Bridging Scheme 2020-21 CHSS will continue as a provider for the Health Education England Kent Surrey Sussex (HEEKSS)/National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Integrated Clinical Academic Programme (ICAP) Bridging Scheme 2020-2021. Funding has been awarded to the Centre to enable up to two successful pre ...