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This year’s British Sleep Society (BSS) conference, held in Brighton at the Hilton Metropole, featured an invited presentation from Prof Niro Siriwardena, director of CaHRU, entitled ‘Tribulations and trials in primary care insomnia’. After a welcome to the conference by Continue reading ‘Tribulations and trials in primary care insomnia’ at BSS 2017
Despina Laparidou, Research Assistant at CaHRU, together with Antony Chuter, a patient representative for Scaling Up PINCER (pharmacist-led information technology intervention for reducing clinically important errors) recently attended the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) Conference at the Continue reading Despina Laparidou presents Scaling up PINCER at ISQua 2017
The latest edition of the CaHRU Newsletter (Spring 2017) was published in June 2017. The newsletter presents the work of the research centre over the previous three months and includes articles from the CaHRU blog covering publications, conferences and funding. Continue reading CaHRU Newsletter (Spring 2017)
East Midlands Academic Health Science Network hosted the latest East Midlands Quality Improvement Network meeting at Trent Vineyard, Nottingham on 17 May 2017 to over 150 delegates. The network has grown from the East Midlands Quality Improvement, Research and Education Continue reading CaHRU gives QI workshop at East Midlands Quality Improvement Network meeting
Staff from CaHRU contributed to the recent East Midlands Research Engaging Patients and the Public Event held on Thursday 23rd March 2017 at Leicester Diabetes Centre by giving a masterclass on patient and public involvement (PPI) in research. The event Continue reading East Midlands Research Engaging Patients and the Public Event – CaHRU Masterclass on PPI in research in underserved communities