This Carers Week we take a pause to acknowledge the incredible efforts and personal sacrifices of unpaid carers around the world, particularly carers of people with brain injury.
The next steps to secure the growth of future nurses
Professor Paula Kersten responds to a recent report highlighting a national increase in applications to study for a Nursing degree.
No More Heroes
‘Hero’ has gained significant traction as a term in recent weeks and Dr Michael Goodrum reflects on what this means.
The Obesity Apocalypse: An invitation to blame fat people!
Professor Mike Weed gives his view on the head of NHS England’s warning on obesity-related cancer…
Mental health crisis in schools – a need for system change
Wendy Cobb, Senior Lecturer in the School of Teacher Education and Development and Bea Stevenson, Head of Emotional Health at School at Family Links, discuss the need to encourage and establish a foundational change in the education system that positions mental health at the heart of all teaching and learning.
A Chaucerian Deal? Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield’s Maiden Speech
Professor Amelia Hadfield looks at the topics covered by Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield in her maiden speech in Parliament.
Workforce transformation, not replacement
Debra Teasdale, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at Canterbury Christ Church University, comments on the NHS recruitment ‘crisis’ and urges that workforce transformation is needed. Today, Ian Cummings […]
Can Mental health ever enjoy parity with physical health?
Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer at the University’s Salomons Centre for Applied Psychology, Angela Gilchrist, gives her view on the appointment of a new shadow Minister for Mental Health, and asks if mental health can at last enjoy parity with physical health.