A major clinical has shown that the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment is more effective than current speech and language therapy provided by the NHS for patients with Parkinson's disease .
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.
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.
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.
Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) has been awarded nine additional student places for September 2025 entry.
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.
Funding has been secured by the School of Allied and Public Health Professions to support undergraduate students with health and social care research opportunities.
Dr Paul Driscoll-Evans has been appointed as Canterbury Christ Church University’s new Head of the School of Nursing.
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.
Members of the Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) research team are contributing to an ongoing project to develop a blood test to rapidly diagnose dementia in the UK.
Academics are focusing on reducing health inequities for trans people with intellectual disabilities and trans autistic people.
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.