Keele University Awarded Queen’s Anniversary Prize For Higher And Further Education

Keele University, whose research is rated as being world leading and of international standard, has been named as one of the winners of the Eighth Round of the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education, which were announced last night at a special reception at St James’s Palace.
The Award recognises the work of [...]

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Keele Researchers awarded £2m for Osteoarthritis Research

A team of researchers from the Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences at Keele University in Staffordshire has been awarded £2,055,000 by the NHS National Institute for Health Research for an investigation into clinical osteoarthritis and joint pain in older people, which will add to best practice for managing osteoarthritis in primary care [...]

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Health Minister opens Arthritis Research Campaign National Primary Care Centre at Keele

Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham, KBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health, visited Keele University yesterday (Monday, 8 December) , to unveil a plaque to mark the official opening of a major new centre promoting research in primary care that has been created with funding of £2.5m over five years [...]

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Gong for Professor Pauline Ong

Professor Pauline Ong, Professor of Health Services Research at the ARC National Primary Care Centre at Keele University in Staffordshire, has been awarded an honorary OBE for services to healthcare.
Honorary decorations and awards are granted to people from other countries who have made a significant contribution to relations between the United Kingdom and their own [...]

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National study launched to measure impact of non-medical prescriptions on patient care

The impact of non-medical prescriptions by nurses and pharmacists on patient care is being investigated in a national study launched by Southampton and Keele Universities.
The two universities are conducting a national Evaluation of Nurse and Pharmacist Independent Prescribing (ENPIP) to assess the quality, safety and costs of prescribing. The study was commissioned by the Department [...]

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