Professor Patricia Wilson PhD, MSc, BEd (Hons), RN, NDN
Professor of Primary and Community Care Phone: 01227 816093
Email: P.M.Wilson@kent.ac.uk
Kent Academic Primary Care Unit
CHSS hosts the Kent Academic Primary Care Unit (KAPCU) led by Patricia Wilson, Professor of Primary and Community Care. With support from Health Education Kent, Surrey and Sussex, the KAPCU remit is to support the education and development of primary care practitioners and develop primary care research.
About KAPCU
KAPCU involves existing staff from CHSS who have programmes of primary care research and provides opportunities for research fellowships for GPs,GP trainees and other qualified practitioners working in primary and community care. Research themes include self-management in long term conditions (Wilson), patient and public involvement (Wilson, Bates), patient experience of primary care services (Wilson) and social marketing in health care (Merritt).
We also have a significant portfolio of health services research. Staff in CHSS are involved in a wide range of primary care research including collaborative research on commissioning and service integration with local Clinical Commissioning Groups, the Kent and Medway Commissioning Support Unit and Kent County Council (Billings) and a project evaluating community based mental health services (Hotham). CHSS is also a partner in the Department of Health funded Policy Research Unit in Commissioning and the Healthcare System (PRUComm) which is directed by Professor Stephen Peckham. Current PRUComm research includes an on-going study on the development of Clinical Commissioning Groups.
KAPCU Seminar programme
See our Events page.
Who is involved
Members of CHSS staff are listed below, and we also have our Honorary Professor and GP Honorary Fellows working with KAPCU:
Professor Rafey Faruqui
Dr Kim Stillman, GP Principal and Parity Partner, Canterbury Health Centre
Dr Emma Hill, GP St Annes Group Practice in Herne Bay
Dr Neil Pillai
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Professor Jenny Billings
Professor of Applied Health Research & Director, Integrated Care Research Unit Phone: 01227 823876
Email: J.R.Billings@kent.ac.uk -
Dr Lindsay Forbes MBBS, BSc, MSc (Public Health), MD MRCP(UK), FFPH
Senior Clinical Research Fellow (Public Health) Phone: 01227 816440
Email: L.Forbes@kent.ac.uk -
Professor Stephen Peckham BSc (Hons), MA (Econ), HMFPH
Director & Professor of Health Policy Phone: 01227 827645
Email: S.Peckham@kent.ac.uk -
Dr Vanessa Short BSc, MBBS, MRCP (2005),DCH, nMRCGP (2010), Dip Derm
Clinical Research Fellow General Practice Phone: 01227 816441
Email: V.J.Short@kent.ac.uk
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Professor Chris Farmer MD FRCP
CHSS Clinical Professor & Consultant Renal Physician Phone: 01227 816439
Email: C.Farmer-357@kent.ac.uk -
Dr Catherine Marchand
Research Associate Phone: 01227 827912
Email: C.Marchand@kent.ac.uk -
Dr Melanie Rees-Roberts BSc (Hons), PhD
Research Manager Phone: 01227 816433
Email: M.Rees-Roberts@kent.ac.uk -
Dr Naren Srinivasan MBChB, DTM&H, MRCP(UK), MRCGP
Clinical Research Fellow General Practice Phone: 01227 816440
Email:
Contact for further information
Email: Professor Patricia Wilson