Improving equality for people with learning disabilities
Canterbury Christ Church University has been working with bemix to train students to address the challenges people with learning disabilities face with accessing health services.
17 June 2024
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Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 resultsInternational Nurses Day – celebrating our community of nursing professionals
This Sunday (May 12) is International Nurses Day. A chance to celebrate and recognise the incredible work of nurses in our local communities, across the UK and around the world.
10 May 2024
Academic receives RCN Foundation Impact Award for research supporting student nurse wellbeing
May Chen, Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing, has received a RCN Foundation Impact Award in recognition of the positive influence her research has had upon the wellbeing of student nurses.
10 May 2024
New Head of the School of Nursing appointed
Dr Paul Driscoll-Evans has been appointed as Canterbury Christ Church University’s new Head of the School of Nursing.
24 April 2024
Ensuring health equity for trans groups with intellectual disabilities and autism
Academics are focusing on reducing health inequities for trans people with intellectual disabilities and trans autistic people.
28 February 2024
University and East Kent Mencap come together to improve the experience for patients with a learning disability
Nursing students at Canterbury Christ Church in Kent have been working with East Kent Mencap to help people with learning disabilities to communicate and access health services.
19 June 2023
Finding solutions to empower individuals to manage their own care
Academics from Canterbury Christ Church University and Europe are to present findings from a project to address current gaps in caring for an aging population and help keep them out of hospital.
24 November 2022
Talking therapies project started in lockdown gains charity status
Keep Talking Services started by students to support local people during lockdown has received registered charity status.
27 September 2022
Talking therapies lockdown project goes from strength to strength
Alex Richardson, a Mental Health Nursing graduate at Canterbury Christ Church University, is now the Chief Executive of his own charity Keep Talking Services.
01 July 2022
Principal Lecturer honoured in top 50 kindness leaders in UK
Mary Brown, Principal Lecturer in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, has been recognised as one of the top 50 leaders in the UK to lead with kindness.
17 November 2021
Mental Health Nursing student starts up talking therapy service following success of trial during lockdown
A third-year Mental Health Nursing student, who set up his own check in and chat service last year to support elderly and vulnerable people, has now received investor backing and support.
12 May 2021
CCCU alumni wins 2020 Rising Star Award from Royal College of Nursing
CCCU alumni Dorcas Boamah has been awarded the prestigious Royal College of Nursing Rising Star Award for her work in one of Britain’s Nightingale Hospitals.
07 January 2021