Community and Health Research Unit
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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
Three members of the CaHRU team, Professor Niro Siriwardena, Dr Stephanie Armstrong and Greg Whitley (paramedic and doctoral student) led an interactive exploration of the latest research and innovation in ambulance care in a session entitled ‘Innovations in ambulance service Continue reading CaHRU team contribute to LiGHTS Expo 2017
Two key articles on development and prioritization of new ambulance performance measures were published this autumn 2017 in Health Expectations. The studies come from, Prehospital Outcomes for Evidence Based Evaluation (PhOEBE), funded by a five year National Institute for Health Research Continue reading Spotlight on new ambulance performance measures
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
Nadeeka Chandraratne joined the Community and Health Research Unit in May 2017 to work on the quality and costs of primary health care, as CaHRU’s second international research fellow.. She will study monitoring and evaluation of primary care systems in Continue reading Nadeeka Chandraratne, joins CaHRU as an International Research Fellow