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Could artificial intelligence (ai) be the answer to cutting lung cancer diagnosis by half?

A research study is being trialed in the NHS using Artificial Intelligence (AI) hoping to reduce the amount of time in diagnosing lung cancer by half.

7 Mar 2022

Physiotherapy students’ support older patients in hospital with awareness raising work

Physiotherapy students Hannah Thomason and Honey Rodda are supporting patients and staff at a local hospital by raising awareness of how bed rest can increase frailty in older people.

28 June 2024

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

From child in care to Professor of Social Work

Professor Melville-Wiseman left school and the care system with only a swimming certificate. She is now a Professor of Social Work and possibly the first such professor in the UK with care experience.

21 May 2024

KMMS awarded additional places to train future doctors

Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) has been awarded nine additional student places for September 2025 entry.

15 May 2024

International 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

Supporting undergraduates with research opportunities

Funding has been secured by the School of Allied and Public Health Professions to support undergraduate students with health and social care research opportunities.

03 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

Kent and Medway Medical School secures £1.14 million to support undergraduate medical student research opportunities

KMMS has been successful in securing funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research to support medical students expand their experience in research.

11 April 2024

Tackling health inequalities for women in the south east

On Wednesday 6 March 2024 the Kent and Medway Women’s Health Innovation Summit is being held at Kent and Medway Medical School in Canterbury.

29 February 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

Shaping the development of operating department practice in the UK

Alan Mount, a senior academic in the School of Allied and Public Health Professions, is appointed Chair of Education and Standards Committee for College of Operating Department Practitioners.

08 February 2024

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