Alison Dacey and Deb Hughes Where are midwives and research in Cambridge? Cambridge and Addenbrooke’s are both centres of excellence in biomedical and related research but midwifery research activity is patchy and random. There are structural challenges for midwives when it comes to research – there is no professor of midwifery in Cambridge, there are […]
Archives for July 2015
BHRU Annual Lecture 2015: What can history tell us about current health inequalities? now online
In June, Professor Simon Szreter, Professor of History and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, gave the annual BHRU Lecture at Downing College. You can now view the whole lecture at the BHRU website here: http://www.bhru.iph.cam.ac.uk/video-of-bhrus-annual-lecture-2015/
Professor Karen Luker
Professor Karen Luker is stepping down from her role as Head of School for the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work (SNMSW) at the University of Manchester after more than 15 years. She is not retiring completely, she will continue to work at the School part-time. On Thursday afternoon the 23rd of July tribute […]
‘The Future of Primary Care’ Report out today
A new report, commissioned by Health Education England (http://www.hee.nhs.uk/) is published today, produced by the Primary Care Workforce Commission chaired by PCU’s Professor Martin Roland. The full report summarises the current state of primary care in the England, and makes recommendations for its future. It is published in full here : http://hee.nhs.uk/wp-content/blogs.dir/321/files/2015/02/The-future-of-primary-care-v7-webFINAL.pdf CCHSR, Martin’s group within the PCU, have […]
Supporting Nurses’, Midwives’ and Allied Health Professionals’ (NMAHP) Research Careers at Cambridge
Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) and the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) are currently advertising the second round of Fellowships to support research capacity development for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals (NMAHP) working at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Cambridge. The Fellowships provide part-time […]
Dr Rupert Payne – Antidepressants and pain killers: should we be worried?
Dr Rupert Payne of the Primary Care Unit’s HSR group talks about a new paper out this week in the BMJ. See the full article here on the university site : http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/antidepressants-and-pain-killers-should-we-be-worried/ The article also appears as a blog post on the popular CCHSR blog, as well as appearing in the local news online stream for Cambridge photo credit : […]